12057. Adulteration of walnut meats.    IT.  S. v. 10 Cases  of Walnut Meats.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,   forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 17396.    I. S. No. 11284-v.    S. No. W-1361.)
On March 27, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado,, 
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 condemna- 
tion of 10 cases of walnut meats, at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Joe Lowe Co., 
Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped from Los Angeles, 
Calif., on or about February 8, 1923, and transported from the State of Califor- 
nia into the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in "part: " From Joe Lowe 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, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On April 30, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.