11735. Adulteration of walnut meats. U. S. v. 20 Cases and lO Cases ot 
Walnut Meats. Produet ordered released under bond to be used 
for chicken feed. (F. & D. Nos. 17260, 17391. I. S. Nos. 8332-v, 8355-v. 
S. Nos. W-1311, W-1352.)
On February 10 and March 20, 1923, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels >praying the seizure and condemnation of 30 cases of walnut meats, re- 
maining in the original unbroken packages at Tacoma, Wash., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Sanitary Nut Shelling Co., in part from 
Wilmington, Calif., October 1, 1922, and in part from Los Angeles, Calif., 
November 26, 1922, and transported from the State of California into the State 
of Washington, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: "Dark Amber 50 Pounds 
Net Order Sanitary Nut Shelling Co." The remainder of the said article was 
labeled in part: " Light Pieces 50 Lb. Net   Order Sanitary Nut Shelling Co."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 25, 1923, W. E. Humphrey Co., Inc., Tacoma, Wash., claimant, hav- 
ing confessed judgment and executed good and sufficient bonds in conformity 
with section 10 of the act, it was ordered by the court that the product might 
be released to the said claimant to be labeled, " Unfit for human consumption," 
and to be sold by them as chicken feed.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.