11923. Adulteration  of -walnut meats.    TJ. S. v.  lO Boxes  of Walnut Meats.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 17261.    I. S. No. 8274-v.    S. No. W-1313.)
On February 13, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 boxes of walnut meats, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Spokane, Wash., consigned by the Sanitary 
Nut Shelling Co., Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped from Los Angeles, Calif., on or about December 18, 1922, and trans- 
ported 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) " Dark Amber 50 Lbs. Net Order Of Sanitary Nut Shelling Co."
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 November 20, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.