7700. Adulteration of Chili peppers. TJ. S. * * * -v. 12 Sacks of Chili Pep- 
pers. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 9921.    I. S. No. 7018-r.    S. No. C-llll.)
On March 20, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the condemnation 
and forfeiture of 12 sacks of Chili peppers, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about February 3, 1919, by J. A. Knapp, Garden Grove, Calif., and trans- 
ported from the State of California into the State of Missouri, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On March 23, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.