12505. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    V. S. v. 4 Barrels of Brazil Nuts.     De 
fault decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered 
disposed of according: to law. (F. & D. No. 17311. I. S. No. 7987-v. 
S. No. W-1325.)
On March 2, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California,  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 4 barrels of Brazil nuts remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., consigned by the Barnhart 
Mercantile Co., New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from New Orleans, La., on or about December 7, 1922, and transported from 
the State of Louisiana into the State of California, 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 vegetable substance.
On September 6, 1923, 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 disposed of according to law.
HOWABD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.