28219. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    U. S. v. 15 Bags of Brazil Nuts.    Consent
decree of condemnation.   Product released under bond for segregation 
and destruction of bad portion.    (F. & D. No. 40726.   Sample No. 62593-C.)
This product was in part moldy and rancid.
On November 12, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 bags of Brazil nuts 
at Camden, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 4, 1937, from Lansdowne, Pa., by Giant 
Tiger Corporation, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Tropical Brand New Crop Large 
Washed Manaos Brazil   *    *   *   W. A. C. Co. Inc."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 7, 1937, W. A. Camp Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered released under bond conditioned that the good be separated from the 
bad and the latter destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.