15499. Adulteration of   chestnuts.     V.  S.   v.  28  Barrels   of   Chestnuts.     De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. &
D. No   22288.     I. S. No. 20062-X.     S. No. 338.)
On December 14, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, 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 28 barrels of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Weiner Brokerage Co., 
Inc., New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New 
York, N. Y., on or about November 21, 1927, and transported from the State 
of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance, 
an analysis of a sample of the product showing the presence of moldy and 
wormy chestnuts.
On January 3, 1928, 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.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.