20724. Adulteration of   black   walnut   meats.    U.   S.   v.   1   Barrel   of   Black
Walnut Meats. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 29323.    Sample no. 2460-A.)
This case involved a shipment of black walnut meats, samples of which 
were found to be rancid.
On November 23, 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 one barrel of black walnut meats, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the General 
Nut Co., Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 24, 1932, from Kansas City, Mo., 
to Denver, Colo., 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 decomposed and putrid vegetable substance.
On February 13, 1933, 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.