11352. Adulteration of filberts. U. S. v. 4 Bags of Filberts. Default de??
cree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,   and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
15741.    I. S. Nos. 11138-t, 11141-t, 11146-t.    S. No. W-1036.)
On December 22, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Colo??
rado, 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 con??
demnation of 4 bags of filberts, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by William A. Camp & Co., New York,?
N. Y? alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., on or
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about June 3, 1921, and transported from the State of New York into the State?
of Colorado, 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 in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 26, 1923, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.