21869. Adulteration of fresh chestnuts.    IT. S.-v. 652 Boxes of Fresh Chest¬
nuts. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond for the purpose of selecting1 the good from 
the bad. (F. & D. no. 31672. Sample nos. 64042-A, 64043-A, 64050-A to 
64052-A incl.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of chestnuts that were found to 
be in part decomposed.
On or about December 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 652 boxes of 
fresh chestnuts at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 21, 1933, by the Pacific Trading Co., 
from San Francisco, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part " Fresh Chestnuts Grown in 
Japan."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 5, 1934, the Pacific Trading Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegation of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be released to the claimant for the purpose of selecting and picking the 
good from the bad, under the supervision of this Department, upon payment of 
costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that it 
should not be disposed of in violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act and 
all other laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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