16146. Adulteration of -walnut pieces.    TJ.  S. v. 6 Cases  of Walnut Pieces.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 23227.    I. S. No. 03607.    S. No. 1330.)
On December 7, 1928, 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 6 cases of walnut pieces, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from France into the State of New York, arriving on or about April 10, 1928, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: "TMD Invalides * * * Crop 1927 France FD From 
T. M. Duche & Son New York."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of moldy, decomposed, and rancid meats.
On January 3, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.