5849. Adulteration of oats. V. S. * * * -r. 3 Cars and Other Cars of 
Oats. Consent decrees Of condemnation and forfeiture., Product 
oi-der'ed released on "bond. (F. & D. No. 8395. I. S. Nos. 1708-p, 8717-p, 
8718-p, 8719-p, 8720-p, 8721-p.    S. No. E-874.)
On August 8, 1917, August 15, 1917, August 17, 1917, and August 27, 1917, 
the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting 
upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the 
United States for said district libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 
3 cars and other cars of oats, consigned by the Milwaukee Elevator Co., Min- 
neapolis, Minn., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about July 9, 
1917, July 25, 1917 (2 shipment?), and July 24, 1917, and transported from the 
State of Minnesota into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in substance in the 
libels for the reason that certain substances, to wit, dirt, screenings, weed 
seeds, etc., had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly 
and in part for oats.
On August 20, 1917, the said Milwaxdkee Elevator Co., claimant, having ad 
mitted the averments of the libel, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture 
were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be deliv- 
ered to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the 
execution of a bond in the aggregate sum of $8,400, in conformity with section 
10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product should be cleansed under the 
supervision of a representative of this department.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.