12450.  Adulteration of Brazil nuts.     U. S. v. 4 Barrels of Brazil nuts.    De- 
cree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
18215.    I.  S. No. 6754-v.    S. No. C-4232.)
On December 22, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, 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 4 barrels of Brazil nuts remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by Habicht Braun & Co., Chicago, Ill., on or about November 16, 1923, and 
transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " From Habicht Braun & Co., Chicago, Ill."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On June 20, 1924, the United Bakers' Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and the matters involved having been 
submitted to the court, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
HOWAED M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.