12004. Adulteration  of chestnuts.    TJ.  S. v. 6  Sacks  of  Chestnuts.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D. No.
18155.    I. S. No. 2928-v.    S. No. EM:639.)
On December 10, 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 6 sacks of chestnuts, at Philadelphia, Pa., con- 
signed by J. A. Thompson, Christiansburg, Va., alleging that the article had 
been shipped from Christiansburg, Va., on or about October 20, 1923, and trans- 
ported from the State of Virginia into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: " From Jno A. Thompson R No. 2 Floyd, Va."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a 'filthy Jtnd decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 31, 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.