15453. Adulteration of ivalnut halves.     U. S. v. 4 Cases of Walnut rtalves.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.    Produet   re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22138.    I. S. No. 21225-x.     S. No. 197.)
On November 10, 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 4 cases of walnut halves, remaining In the original un- 
broken packages at New York, N. Y., consigned by Th. Burg & Fils, Bordeaux,
France, about .October 7, 1926, alleging t iat the article had .been shipped in 
foreign commerce, from Bordeaux, France, into the State ofNew York, and 
charging adulteration .in,violation of the food and drugs.act..
It was allege'* ;insWliberthat trie artiefe'^as'-'a?dul1:efatea^4h!th^t it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance, to wit, wOrmy,.tnioldy, and decomposed -halves.' >       v .
On December 1, 1927, W. R. Grace & Co., 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 th^tsthe product be released- to^the ;said";claimant upon 
payment" of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of'a'bond i'n' the 
sum of $200, conditioned in part that the good nuts be separated from the 
bad, and the latter destroyed or denatured.
W. M. JARMNE, Secretary of Agriculture.