13345. Adulteration   of  chestnuts.     V.   S.  v.   15  Barrels  of  Chestnuts.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 19564.    I. S. 9616-v.    S. No. C-4638.)
On February 7, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, 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 15 barrels of chestnuts, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Youngstown, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Italian Important (Importing) Co., from New York, N. Y., on or about 
December 24, 1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State 
of Ohio, 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 March 20, 1925, 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 destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DmsxAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.