12994. Adulteration of chestnuts.     V. S. v. 8 Cases  of Chestnuts.     Default-
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
19416.    I. S. No. 16178-v.    S. No. E-5053.)
On December 9, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 8 cases of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by A. Princi, New York, 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., on or- 
about December 1, 1924, and transported from the State of New York into 
the State of Pennsylvania, 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 and decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 26, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.