25476. Adulteration of chestnuts.     IT. S. v. 105 Barrels of Chestnuts.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 36704. Sample 
no. 34823-B.)
This case involved a shipment of chestnuts which were in part wormy, moldy, 
and decayed.
On December 4, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 105 barrels of chest- 
nuts at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 81, 1935, by Cuneo Bros., Inc., from New 
York, N. Y., and charged adulteration and violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On December 28, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.