28829. Adulteration of chestnuts.    IT.  S. v. 67 Baskets of Chestnuts.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 42129.    Sample 
No. 14141-D.)
This product was moldy, wormy, and decomposed.
On March 26, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 67 baskets of chestnuts at 
Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about November 20, 1937, by Manny Cohen Co. from New York, N. Y., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Crown Brand Selected Green Chestnuts Products of Portugal 
Benito Garcia, La., Exporters, Lisbon, Portugal."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On April 11, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.