13040. Adulteration of shelled pecans. U. S. v. 2 Barrels of Shelled Pecan 
Halves. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 20550.    I. S. No. 7906-x.    S. No. B-5539.)
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 2 barrels of shelled pecan halves, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Dixie Candy Co., from Atlantic City, N. J., June 8, 
1925, and transported from the State of New Jersey 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 vege- 
table substance.
On November 24, 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. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.