14390. Adulteration of walnut meats. V. S. v. 50 Cases of "Walnut Meats. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.   21023.    I.   S.   No.   695-x.    S.   No.
E-3272.) 
On or about April 29, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of 
New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 50 cases of walnut meats,  remaining  unsold at Hoboken,   J 
N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped by Leon Mayer, Los Angeles,    j 
?alif., on or about March 30, 1926, and transported from the State of Cali-   j 
fornia into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of   j 
the food and drugs act.    The article was labeled in part: " Mayers Brand    j 
Packed By Leon Mayer California Nut Products   *    *    *   Los Angeles." .i
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it  ; 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 21, 1926, the California Walnut Growers' Assoc, a California cor- ; 
poration, having appeared as claimant for the property and 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 $700, conditioned 
in part that it be cleaned, sorted, and reconditioned to comply with the law, 
and the bad portion destro3red or denatured. 
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W. M. JAEDIWE, Secretary of Agriculture.