29931. Adulteration of mixed nuts.    TT.  S. v. 4 Boxes of Nuts   (and 2 similar
seizure  actions).     Default   decrees  of  condemnation  and  destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 43969, 43970, 43971.    Sample Nos. 28675-D, 28676-D, 28677-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original unbroken packages at the time of examination, was 
found to be insect-infested.
On September 30, 1988, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 13 boxes of mixed nuts at Ontario, 
Oreg.; alleging that the article had been shipped within the period from on or 
about February 6, 1937, to on or about August 23, 1937, by Peanut Peter Nut 
Co. from Seattle, "Wash.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 17, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.