14078. Adulteration  of chestnuts.     U.  S. v.  9 Cases  of Chestnuts.     Default
decree of forfeiture anil destruction.     (P. & D. No.  19412.    I. S. No. 
22138-v.    S.   No.   C-^588.)
On December 23, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, 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 9 cases of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by P. Pastene & Co., from Boston, Mass., November 19, 1924, and transported 
from the State of Massachusetts into the State of Michigan, 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, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On May 12, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
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.