13113. Adulteration and misbranding of chestnuts. U. S. v. 10 Barrels of 
Chestnuts. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction or sale.     (F. & D. No. 19124.    I. S. No. 16937-v.    S. No. E-5004.)
On November 5, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, 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 10 barrels of chestnuts, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New London, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Garfunkel & Justman, New York, N. Y., on or about October 27, 
1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Con- 
necticut, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. 
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed vegetable 
substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package 
form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously 
marked on the outside of the package.
On December 19, 1924, 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 or sold by the United States marshal, 
provided sale could be speedily effected.
R. W. DTJNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.