12343, Adulteration  of walnut  meats.     V.  S. v.  6  Cases  of  Walnut  Meats.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 17299.    I. S. Nos. 8282-v, 8283-v.    S. No. W-1320.)
On February 21, 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 6 cases 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 on or about January 13, 1923, and transported from the State of 
California into the State of Washington, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Dark 
Amber" (or " Standard Amber ") "*  *  * 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 June 16, 1924, 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.