0117.  Adulteration of dates.    V. S.     *     *      *     v. 3S5 Packages  and  50  Cans 
of  Dates     *      *     '*.     Default  decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (F. & D. No.. 13850.    I. S. No. 4142-t.    S. No. C-2576.)
On December 17, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure 
and condemnation of 385 packages of dates, contained in cowhide wrappings, 
and 50 cans of dates, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Chicago 
Cold Storage Co., by order of L. S. Nachman, from Chicago, III., on or about 
September 22, 1920, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State 
of Wisconsin, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vege- 
table substance, and for the further reason that it was mixed with hair from 
the cowhide wrappings.
On January 8, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.