20517. Adulteration of   shelled   peanuts.    IT.   S.   v.   28   Sacks   of   Shelled
Peanuts.    Default   decree   of  condemnation,   forfeiture,   and. de- 
struction.     (F. & D. no. 29259.    Sample no. 21056-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of shelled peanuts, 
samples of which were found to be worm eaten.
On November 10, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 28 sacks of shelled peanuts, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 20, 1932, 
by John G. Maclin Peanut Co., from Petersburg, Va., to Philadelphia, Pa., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On December 21, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.