4678.   Adulteration of cliestmits.     tl. S.     *     *     *     v. 8 Bags of Chestnuts.     De??
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
7087.    I. S. No. 3715-1.    S. No. E-484.)
On or about November 11, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of?
Massachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel of information for?
the seizure and condenmaton of 8 bags of chestnuts, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by J. H. Dashields, Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State?
of Maryiand into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration o* the article was alleged in the libel of information for the?
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed animal?
[vegetable] substance.
On December 3, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CAKL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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