13868. Adulteration of walnut meats. V. S. v. 3 Cases of Walnut Meats. 
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(P. & D. No. 20541. I. S. No. 8052-x. S. No. E-5532.) 
On November 2, 1925, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, 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 3 cases of walnut meats, remaining in the orig- 
inal unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by S. Bledjian Fils & Cie, from Constantinople, Turkey, arriving in
New York on or about April 11, 1925, and that it had been transported from 
a foreign country into the State of New York, 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On November 16, 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.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.