19980. Adulteration of walnut meats.    U. S. v. 9% Boxes of Walnut Meats.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(Nos. 2048-A. 2049-A.    F. & D. No. 28381.)
This action involved the shipment of a quantity of walnut meats, samples 
of which were found to be in part decomposed, moldy, and wormy.
On June 6, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 nine and one-half boxes of walnut meats, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by Leon Mayer, 
Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce from Los Angeles, Calif., to Denver, Colo., in part on or about April 
8, 1932 and May 16, 1932, respectively, 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 con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On August 1, 1932, 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.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.