18112. Adulteration and Misbranding of Brazil nuts.    U. S. v. 23 Bag-s of
Brazil Nuts. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (P. & D. No. 25502. I. S. No. 16306. 
S. No. 3781.)
Samples of Brazil nuts from the shipment herein described having been found 
to be rancid, decomposed, and moldy, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On or about December 18,1930, the United States attorney filed in the Districtl 
Court of the United States fdr the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 23 bags of Brazil nuts at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Andrew Wilson, from New York, N. Y., November 14, 1930, 
and had been transported from the State of New York into the State of Illinois, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package 
form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the package.
On December 18, 1930, John J. Maloney & Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant to be 
sorted under the supervision of this department, upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $1,500, conditioned in part that it should not 
be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the Federal food and drugs act or 
any existing law.
ABTHtTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.