14743. Adulteration of walnut pieces.     U. S. v. 21 Cases of "Walnnt Pieces.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released 
under bond.    (F. & D. No. 21371.    I. S. No. 14531-x.    S. No. E-5898.)
On November 11, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 seizure 
and condemnation of 21 cases of walnut pieces, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been imported 
into the United States by D. Antolini & Co., 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On November 24, 1926, A. Nones & Co., New York, N. Y., claimant, having 
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 $500, conditioned in part that the good nuts be separated from the 
bad and the latter destroyed or denatured.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.