13214. Adulteration Of chestnuts. TJ. S. v. 5 Barrels and 5 Barrels of Chestnuts. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- struction. (F. & D. Nos. 19148, 19187. I. S. Nos. 19705-v, 22110-v. S. Nos. C-45'30, C-4537.) On or about November 12 and 21, 1924, respectively, the United States attor- ney for the Northern District of Ohio, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 10 barrels of chestnuts, at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Feller, Kronman Co., New York, N. Y., on or about October 17, 1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Ohio, 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, or putrid vegetable substance. On January 30, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was ente?ed, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.