13278. Adultei-ation of almonds. V. S. v. 300 Bags of Almonds. Consent?
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under?
bond.    (F. & D. No. 3 6917.    I. S. Nos. 5484-v, 5485-v.    S. No. C-3829.)
On November 11, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Minne??
sota, 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 con??
demnation of 300 bags of almonds, remaining in the original unbroken packages?
at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by William A.?
Camp & Co., New York, N. Y., in part on or about September 25 and in part?
on or about September 27,1922, and transported from the State of New York into?
the State of Minnesota, 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?
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub??
stance.
On November 29, 1922, the Northern Brokerage Co., Minneapolis, Minn.,?
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation?
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings
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and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,000, in conformity with section?
10 of the act, conditioned in part that the said product be sorted under the?
supervision of this department and the bad portion destroyed.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.