12995. Adulteration of chestnuts.    IT. S. v. 2 Barrels of Chestnuts.    Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   Ih
No. 19417.    I. S. No. 16177-v.    S. No. E-5054.)
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 2 barrels of chestnuts, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by F. Romeo & Co. (Inc.), New York, 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., on or 
about November 19, 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 con- 
sisted 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.