29992. Adulteration of cocoa bKans.    U. S. v. 11 Bag's of Cocoa BKans.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 44249.    Sample 
No. 26000-D.)
This product, which had been imported, was found at the time of examination 
to be moldy and wormy.
In October 81, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 11 bags of cocoa 
beans at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about August 27, 1938, by Gordon Grant Co., Ltd., from Trinidad, British West 
Indies; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "La Magdalena * * * Product of 
Trinidad."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 16, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.