12088. Adulteration of walnut meats.     U. S. v. 20 Cases of Walnut Meats.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & IX No. 17256.    I. S. Nos. 8163-v, 8164-v.    S. No. W-1308.)
On February 10, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Colo- 
rado, 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 con- 
demnation of 20 cases of walnut meats, at Denver, Colo., consigned by the 
?Sanitary Nut Shelling Co., Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had 
been shipped from Los Angeles, Calif., on or about January 11, 1923, and trans- 
ported from the State of California into the State of Colorado, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Case) "Sanitary Nut shelling Co. * * * Dark Amber" (or 
''Standard Amber")   "50 Lbs. Net."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
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.