14301. Adulteration of walnut meats.     U. S. v. 35 Boxes of Wnlnnt Meats.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (P. & D. No. 21070. I. S. No. 705-x. S. No. 
W-1976.)
On May 11, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agr.culture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 35 boxes, each containing 50 pounds of walnut meats, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Leon Mayer, from Los Angeles, CaLf., April 29, 1925, 
and transported from the State of California into the State of Oregon, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " From Leon Mayer * * * Los Angeles, Calif. * * * 
Calif. Standard Ambers."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 2, 1926, Leon Mayer, Los Angeles, Calif., having appeared as claim- 
ant for the property 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 $470, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.