16235. Adulteration of   Brazil   nuts.     XJ.   S.   v.   41   Sacks   of   Brazil   Nuts.
Consent decree of release under bond entered.     (F. & D. Nos. 23259, 
23260, 23261, 23262.    I. S. No. 01410.    S, No. 1370.)
On December 19, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, 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 41 sacks of Brazil nuts, remaining in the or'ginal unbroken 
sacks at St. Louis, Mo.,! alleging that the article had been shipped by James W. 
McGlone (Inc.), New York, N. Y.f on or about October 3, 1928, and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of Missouri, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On February 15, 1929, James W. McGlone (Inc.), New York, N. Y., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having tendered bond in the sum 
>f $1,500, conditioned as provided by law, a decree was entered approving said 
bond and ordering that the product be delivered to the claimant upon payment 
of costs.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.