17296. Adulteration of  filberts.    U.   S.  v.  35  Bass  of  Filberts.    Decree   of 
condemnation    and    forfeiture.    Product    released    under    bond.
(F. & D. No. 24310.    I. S. No. 017288.    S. No. 2523.)
On December 4, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, 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 con- 
demnation of 35 bags of filberts, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by Higgins & 
James from New York, N. Y., on or about October 19, 1929, and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, and charging adulter- 
ation in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
" D. Spain Filberts Selected   *    *    *   Juan Montserrat Reus Spain."
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.
In April 1930, T. M. Duche & Sons, New York, N. Y., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was en- 
tered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a good and sufficient bond, 
conditioned in part that it should not be sold or disposed of until reconditioned 
to conform to the requirements of the Federal food and drugs act.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.