20525. Adulteration of peKans. U. S. v. 4 Sacks of PeKans. Default decree 
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 28328. 
Sample no. 6547-A.)
Samples of pecans taken from the shipment involved in this action were found 
to be moldy, rancid, and decomposed.
On May 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, 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 four sacks of pecans, remaining in the original 
and unbroken sacks at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about February 24, 1932, by the National Pecan 
Marketing Association, from Gulfport, Miss., to St. Louis, Mo., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Sacks) " National Pecan Marketing Association, Jackson, 
Miss."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On November 15, 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.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.