12504. Adulteration of pickles. V. S. v. 75 Barrels of Pickles. Default de cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 18531. I. S. No. 11986-v. S. No. W-1498.) On April 1, 1924, the United States attorney for the Southern District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a^ibel praying the seizure and condemnation of 75 barrels of pickles remaining in the original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the O. B. Allen Co., from Salt Lake City, Utah, on or about November 12, 1923, and transported from the State of Utah into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. On April 22, 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, Secretary of Agriculture.