13021. Adulteration of ehestnuts. V. S. v. 35 Bags and 108 Bags of Chest- 
nuts. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released   nnder   bond.     (F.   &   9.   20561.     I.    S.    Nos.   7904-X,   7905-x.
S. No. E-5542.)       
On November 5, 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 143 bags of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Andrea De Stefano, from Monteforte Irpino (Avellino), Italy, 
January 7, 1925, and 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 whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed vegetable 
substance.
On November 10, 1925, Silvestro De Falca, claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment 
of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of 
$1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it 
be sorted under the supervision of this department, the bad portion destroyed 
or denatured, and the good portion released.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.