20717. Adulteration of walnuts.    U. S. v. 89 Bags of 'Walnuts.    Portion of
product condemned and released under bond.   Libel dismissed as 
to remainder.     (F. & D. nos. 29630, 29631.    Sample nos. 24137-A, 25399-A.)
Samples taken from the walnuts involved in this case were found to be 
insect-infested, moldy, and rancid.
On December 14, 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 89 bags of walnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about September 30, 1932, by Rosenberg Bros. & 
Co., from Orange, Calif., to St. Louis, Mo., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " California 
Crop 1932 Walnuts Packed by Rosenberg Bros. & Co."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 25, 1933, 66 of the 89 bags having been seized by the marshal, on 
motion of the United States attorney the libel was dismissed as to 54 bags, and 
the court ordered that they be delivered to the claimant. On the same date, the 
claimant having petitioned for release of the remaining 12 bags, and having 
filed a bond in the sum of $200, judgment of condemnation was entered and it 
was ordered by the court that the bond be approved and that the said 12 bags 
be delivered to the claimant to be brought into compliance with the law under 
the supervision of this Department.
R. G. TTJGWHLL. Acting Secretary of Agriculture.