27823. Adulteration of walnut meats.    V. S. v.  60 Cartons of Walnut Meats.
Consent  decree  of condemnation.     Product released under bond to be 
reconditioned.    (F. & D. No. 40297.   Sample No. 51536-C.)
Samples of this product were found to be moldy, worm-eaten, and rancid.
On September 14, 1937, 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 60 cartons of 
walnut meats at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 20, 1937, by the Terminal Refrigerating 
Co. from Wilmington, Calif., for Morris Rosenberg, Los Angeles, Calif., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Rose Brand Nut Meats Morris Rosenberg Los Angeles 
Calif."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On September 25, 1937, Morris Rosenberg, Los Angeles, Calif., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered 
ordering that the product be released to claimant under bond conditioned that 
it should not be disposed of in violation of the law.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.