13003. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    V. S. v. 438 Bags of Brazil Nuts.    Con 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product x-eleased 
under bond to be salvaged. (P. & D. No. 19Ill. I. S. No. 13174-v. 
S.  No. K-4999.)
On November 6, 1924, 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 438 bags of Brazil nuts, remaining in the original pack- 
ages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by B. Levy 
& Co., from Manaos, Brazil, March 14, 1924, to Brooklyn, N. Y., 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, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On December 1, 1924, Paul Bertuch & Co., New York, N. Y., claimant hav- 
ing admitted the allegations of the libel and 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 and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $7,800, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it 
be reconditioned, and the bad portion destroyed under the supervision of this 
department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.