26022. Adulteration of shelled walnuts. U. S. v. 25 Cases of Shelled Walnuts. 
Consent decree of condemnation.     Product released under bond.     (F   &
D. no. 37368.    Sample no. 65284-B.) 
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This case involved a shipment of shelled walnuts that were in part insect- 
infested, moldy, rancid, and decomposed.
On March 14, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 cases of shelled 
walnuts at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about February 29, 1936, by the Herman C. Fisher Co., 
from San Francisco, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "Shelled California Walnuts 
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in
part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 13, 1936, the Herman O. Fisher Co., having appeared as claimant 
for the article and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered, and it was ordered that the product be released under 
bond conditioned that it not be disposed of in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.