13931. Adulteration of chestnuts.     V. S. v. 35 Kegs of Chestnuts.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
20594.    I. S. No. 7045-x.     S. No. E-5548.)
On November 12, 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 35 kegs of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Carlo Cavargna Fu Zaverio, from Busseleno, Italy, on or about 
November 28, 1924, 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On November 28, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.