27065. Adulteration of walnut meats.     V.  S.  v.   56  Cartons of  Walnut Meats.
Consent decree of condemnation.     Product released under bond.     (F. &
D. no. 38729.    Sample no. 28877-C.)
This case involved walnut meats that were in part moldy and worm-eaten.
On December 1, 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 56 cartons of 
walnut meats at Seattle, Wash., alleging that they had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 31, 1936, by the Herman C. Fisher Co., 
from San Francisco, Calif., charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Shelled California Wal- 
nuts   *    *    *    Fisher's Excel Herman C. Fisher Co. San Francisco, Calif."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy and decomposed vegetable substance:
On March 27, 1937, the Herman C. Fisher Co., having appeared as claimant, 
consent decree of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered that the prod- 
uct be released under bond conditioned that it should not be disposed of in 
violation of the law.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.