7163. Adulteration of Chili peppers. IT. S. * * * v. 73 Sacks of Chili Peppers. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- uct ordered released on bond. (F. & D. Nos. 9695, 9696. I. S. Nos. 6298-r, 6296-r, 6297-r. S. Nos. C-1063, C-1064.) On February 13, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 73 sacks of Chili peppers, at Austin, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about January 6, 1919, by the Simon Levi Co., Los Angeles, Cal., and transported from the State of California into the State of Texas, 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 con- sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. On June 20, 1919, the Walker Properties Association, Austin, Tex., claimant, having filed a claim for the product, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be ?'re- leased to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the good portion should be released to said claimant, and the unfit portion released should be used in the preparation of animal and chicken feed only. E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.