11616.?Adulteration   of  cocoa   beans.     IT.   S.  v.   128  Bag's   of   Cocoa  Beans.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeitnre. Product re??
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 17404. I. S. No. 325-v. S. No.?
E-4338.)
On March 27, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 128 bags of cocoa beans, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by Baasch & Romer Sues., from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on or about Feb??
ruary 24, 1923, and imported from a foreign country into the State of New?
York, 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 in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub-?
stsmcG
On May 22, 1923, Habicht, Braun & Co., New York, N. Y., claimant, having?
admitted the allegations of the libel and 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 and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,500, in
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conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be used in the?
manufacture of cocoa butter.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.