12451. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    V. S. v. 5 Barrels of Bi-axil Nuts.    De¬
cree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.  No.
18252.    I. S. No. 6755-v.    S. No. C-4233.)
On December 29, 1923, 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 the seizure 
and condemnation of 5 barrels of Brazil nuts remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Wood Selick Co., Chicago, Ill., on or about November 15, 1923, and 
transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, 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 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On June 20, 1924, the United Bakers' Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo., having 
appeared as claimant and the matters involved having been submitted to 
the court, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.