16614. Adulteration  of  walnut  meats.     U.  S.  v.   110  Boxes,   et  al.,   of  "Walnut H,
Meats.     Consent    decree    of    condemnation    and   forfeiture.     Froduct ?*
released   under   bond.     (F.   &  D.   No.   23772      I.   S.   Nos.   09711,   09712, J 
09713.    S.  No.   1960 ) 
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On or about May 20, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of <| 
Oregon, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- J 
trict Court of the United States for said district a Hbel praying seizure and % 
condemnation of 110 boxes and 850 cartons of walnut meats, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had f 
been shipped by Leon Mayer, from Los Angeles, Calif., in part November 9,. 
1928, and in part December 17, 1929 (1928), and transported from the State of: 
California into the State of Oregon, and charging adulteration in violation of* 
the food and drugs act.    A portion of the article was labeled in part: " Special'; 
Standard Amber Shelled Walnuts."    The remainder of the said article was 1 
labeled in  part:  " Special  Standard  Ambers Packed for Gray,   McLean and - 
Percy, Bakers Supply Dealers in California Walnuts Seattle, Wash, (or "Port-| 
land, Oregon ") "
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulteiated in that it con?j 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On May 21, 1929, Gray, McLean & Percy, Portland, Oreg., having appeared-! 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree,^ 
judgment of condemnation was entered. The decree provided, however, that! 
the product might be delivered to the said claimant to be reconditioned inl 
manner satisfactory to this department upon payment of costs and the deposit| 
of $2,000 collateral, to insure compliance with the terms of the said decree.    tJg
AETHTJR M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.