16959. Adulteration of  walnuts   in   shell.     U.   S.   v.  6  Bags   of  Walnuts   in
Shell. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 24272.    I. S. No. 021072.    S. No. 2512.)
On November 22, 1929, 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 the said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 6 bags of walnuts in shell, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Franklin H. Palmer (Inc.), Boston, Mass., on or about May 1, 1929, 
and transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State of New York, 
arid 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On December 12, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.