25909. Adulteration of walnut meats.     U.  S.  v.  100 Cases  of Walnut  Meats.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for 
reconditioning;   reconditioning   unsuccessful  and  product   destroyed.
(F. & D. no. 36790.    Sample no. 54418-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of walnut meats examination of 
which showed the presence of moldy, wormy, and rancid meats.
On December 13, 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 100 cases of walnut 
meats at Whittier, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about December 5, 1935, by the Whittier Walnut Packing 
Co., from Seattle, Wash., and that it was adulterated in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: "Twenty-five Pounds Net 
Weight when packed Bakers Special Walnut Meats Order Whittier Walnut 
Packing Co.   Whittier California."
It was alleged that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On January 24, 1936, the Whittier Walnut Packing Co., claimant having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
released under bond conditioned that the product be reconditioned; and after 
unsuccessful attempts to recondition the product it wf.s destroyed.
W. R. GKEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.