10527. Adulteration of Brazil nuts. TJ. S. * * * v. 4 Sacks * * * 
of Brazil Nuts. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15918.    I. S. No. 2372-t.     S. No. C-3380.)
On January 14, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure 
and condemnation of 4 sacks of Brazil nuts, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by Birdsong Bros., New York, N. Y., on or about July 5, 1921, and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of Missouri, and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in 
part: "*    *    *    50 Bags Med. Mark E.    Birdsong Brothers."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that it consisted in whole or in large part of a filthy, decomposed, and 
putrid vegetable substance, in that it contained rancid, moldy, and shriveled 
nuts.
On April 27, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.