10336.?Adulteration of walnut meats.     U. S.     *     *      *     v. 20 Boxes     *     *     *
of English Walnut Meats. Consent decree of condemnation and?
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 15360. I. S.?
No. 317-t.     S. No. O3202.)
On September 2, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, 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 20 boxes of English walnut meats, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article, a re??
jected shipment, had been shipped from Sioux Falls, S. D., August 25, 1921,?
and transported from the State of South Dakota into the State of Illinois, 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?
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 8, 1922, T. M. Duche & Sons, Chicago, 111., claimant, having ad??
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of?
the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, in con??
formity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be labeled as?
follows: " Not to be used for food, or for the manufacture of food articles."
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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