19342. Adulteration of pecans in shell.     IT. S. v. 20%   Cases  of Pecans in
Shell.     Consent decree of condemnation  and forfeiture.     Product 
released under bond.    (F. & D. No. 27364.    I. S. No. 9098.    S. No. 5553.)
Samples of pecans from the shipment herein described having been found to 
be moldy and decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the District of Maryland.
On December 12, 1931, 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 20% cases of pecans in shell, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about November 30,1931, by the Sanitary Grocery Co. (Inc.), from Washington, 
D. C, and had been transported from the District of Columbia into the State of 
Maryland, 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 consisted 
in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 15,1932, the Consolidated Pecan Sales Co., Albany, Ga., 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 delivered to the said claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $250, conditioned 
in part that it should not be sold or disposed of contrary to the Federal food 
and drugs act, and all other laws, and further conditioned that the bad portion 
be destroyed under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.