17814. Adulteration of    peKans.     V.    S.    v.    15    Sacks    of   PeKans.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
25376.    I. S. No. 10799.    S. No. 3651.)
Examination of samples of pecans from the herein-described interstate ship- 
ment having shown that it contained decomposed, moldy, and otherwise inedible 
nuts, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States 
attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.
On November 25, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 15 sacks of pecans, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Woodson 
Pecan Co., Albany, Ga., on or about November 22, 1929, and transported from 
the State of Georgia into the State of Missouri, and 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 partly of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 29, 1931, 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.
ABTHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.