19564. Adulteration of peKans.    TJ. S. v. 17 Bass of PeKans.     Default decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.  27391. 
I. S. No. 45456.    S. No. 5588.)
Samples of pecans taken from the shipment involved in this action naving 
been found to be moldy, rancid,, decomposed, shriveled, and empty, the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois.
On December 18, 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 17 bags of pecans at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 9, 1931 (1930), by 
the Bennett Day Pecan Co., from Mobile, Ala., to Chicago, Ill., 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, filthy, and putrid vegetable substance.
On February 11, 1932, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.