16453. Adulteration of walnut meats.    U.  S. v. 50 Cases  of Walnut Meats.
Product ordered released under bond to be salvaged.     (F. & D. No.
23593.    I. S. No. 07104.     S. No. 1812.)
On April 9, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 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 
50 cases of walnut meats, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Salt 
Lake City, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped by Leon Mayer, 
from Los Angeles, Calif., on or about March 19, 1929, and transported from 
the State of California to thq State of Utah, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Case) " From 
Bagley Nelson, Los Angeles, Cal. to Bagley Nelson, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Special Standard Pieces."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On April 27, 1929, Leon Mayer, Los Angeles, Calif., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, and having paid the costs of the proceedings and 
filed a bond in the sumi of $870, conditioned in part that the product should not 
be sold or disposed of contrary to law, judgment was entered ordering that the 
said product be released to the claimant to be sorted under the supervision of 
this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.