28402. Adulteration of peKans.    U. S. v. 23 Bags and 39 Bags of PeKans.    Default
decree  of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. Nos. 40836, 40837. 
Sample Nos. 9516-C, 9517-C.)
This article was moldy, rancid, and decomposed.
On November 16, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 62 bags of pecans at 
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about March 16 and May S, 1937, by the Consolidated Pecan Sales 
Co. from Albany, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "Consolidated Pecan Sales Co., 
Albany, Georgia."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 7,1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation, 
with order of destruction, was entered.
HAEBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.