11766.  Adulteration of walnut meats.    XT.  S. v.  10 Cases of "Walnut Meats. 
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 17295.    I. S. No. 8343-v.    S. No. W-1317.)
On February 16, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western District 
?of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 10 cases of walnut meats, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Sanitary Nut Shelling Co., from Los Angeles, Calif., 
February 4, 1923, and transported from the State of California into the State 
of Washington, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: (Case) "Order Of Sanitary Nut Shell- 
ing Co.    *    *    *    Dark Amber   50 Lbs. Net."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part .of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 26, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWAED M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.