-6507. Adulteration of walnnts. r. S. * * * v. 140 Sacks * * * of Wal- 
nuts. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.   (F. & D. No. 8227.    I. S. No. 1568-m.    S. No. E-840.)
On April 10, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in Ihe 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 140 sacks of walnuts, consigned by Bmil Zucca, New York, 
N. Y., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 22, 1917, and 
transported from the State of New Yrork into the State of Pennsylvania, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 1, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
GAEL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.