25788. Adulteration of   peKans.     U.   S.   v.   40,000   Pounds   of   PeKans.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 87128. Sample no. 
53033-B.)
This case involved unshelled pecans which were In part moldy, decomposed, 
and wormy.
On January 29, 1936, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 40,000 pounds of 
unshelled pecans at Albany, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped 
In interstate commerce on or about January 10, 1936, by J. W. Connell & 
Sons, from San Saba, Tex., and charging adulteration in 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 and decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 27, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.