15436. Adulteration of chestnuts.    U. S. v. 1,000 Cases of Chestnuts.    Con 
sent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22122.    I. S. No.' 20945-x.    S. No. 168.)
On October 31, 1927, 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 seizure 
and condemnation of 1,000 cases of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages a"t New York, N. Y., consigned by F. Vitelli & Sons, Naples, 
Italy, arriving at New York about December 1, 1926, alleging that the article 
had been shipped from Italy, in foreign commerce into the State of New York, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled  in  part:   " F.  Vitelli  &  Figli    *    *    *    Naples    *    *    *    Italy."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, to 
wit, moldy, decomposed, and wormy nuts.
On November 14, 1927, F. Vitelli & Sons, 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 $12,000, conditioned in part that the nuts be sorted and the bad portion 
?destroyed or denatured.
"W. M. JAKDINH, Secretary of Agriculture.