11217.?Adultei'ation of nutmegs.    TJ. S. v. 9 Cases of Nutmegs.     Default de?
cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  sale or destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 16787.    S. No. E-4094.)
On August 31, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
New York, 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 9 cases of nutmegs, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Staten Island, N. Y., alleging that the article had be6n?
Imported on or about November 5, 1920, having been transported in foreign?
commerce and received into the State of New York, and charging adulteration?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
N. J. 11201-11250.]    SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.       121
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
During the month of October, 1922, no-claimant having appeared for the prop??
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered?
by the court that the product be sold for distillation purposes, if a purchaser?
therefor be found, aid if not, that it be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.