19842. Adulteration of peKans.    U.  S. v. 94 Bags of PeKans.    Consent de¬
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 28006.    I. S. No. 52175.    S. No. 6070.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of pecans, samples 
of which were wormy, decomposed, moldy, and rancid.
On or about April 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 94 bags of pecans at Chicago, Ill., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
March 25, 1932, by H. L. Cromartie from Albany, Ga., 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 filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On May 12, 1932, F. W. Woolworth 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 upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, condi- 
tioned that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the 
Federal food and drugs act and all other laws. The decree further provided 
that the product be reselected under the supervision of this department in 
order to separate the bad portion from the good portion. In the process of 
separation the unfit portion was destroyed by burning.
HENRY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.