11975.  Adulteration of chestnuts.    TJ. S. v. 35 Saclcs of Chestnuts.     Default 
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.
No. 18115.    I.  S. No. 2894-v.    S. No. E-4617.)
On November 26, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 25 sacks of chestnuts, at Philadelphia, Pa, consigned by 
John Shartzer, Oakland, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Tunnelton, W. Va., on or about October 20, 1923, and transported from the 
State of West Virginia into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
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.
On December 18, 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. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.