29148. Adulteration of walnut meats.     U. S. v. 20 Cartons of Shelled Walnuts.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  No. 42304. 
Sample No. 18013-D.)
This product was moldy, rancid, and insect-infested. 
, On May 5, 1938, 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 20 cartons of shelled walnuts 
at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about April 9, 1938, from Oakland, Calif., by the National Nut Co.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 26, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.