18249. Adulteration of  soft-shell  walnuts.     TJ.   S.   v.  2  Bags   of   Soft-Shell
California "Walnuts. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 25864.    I. S. No. 12202.    S. No. 4103.)
Samples of soft-shell walnuts having been found to be moldy, wormy, empty, 
and shriveled, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United 
States attorney for the District of Colorado.
On or about February 12, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District 
Court aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two bags of soft- 
shell walnuts, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Lamar, Colo., 
consigned by Jett and Wood Mercantile Co., Wichita, Kans., alleging that the 
article had been shipped from Wichita, Kans., on or about December 6, 1930, 
and had been transported from the State of Kansas into the State of Colorado, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: " 1929 Crop No. 1 Soft Shell California Walnuts Packed 
by C. C. Collins Co., Santa Ana, California."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On April 20, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AHTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.