13968. Adulteration of chestnuts. TJ. S. v. 133 Barrels of Chestnuts. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 20633.    I. S. No. 8078-x.    S. No. E-5567.)
On November 20, 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 133 barrels of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped from Italy by an unknown shipper, on or about December 23, 1924, 
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 December 12, 1925, Loew & Mancini, Inc., New York, N. Y., 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 $1,200, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part 
that the bad portion be separated from the good portion under the super- 
vision of this department and the bad portion destroyed or denatured.
E. W. DTTNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.