30301. Adulteration of walnut meats.    U.  S. v. Four Cases and Four Cases of
Walnut Meats.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. &
D. No. 44524, 44525.    Sample Nos. 20575-D, 20576-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained, 
unsold and in the original packages, at the time of examination was found to 
be worm-damaged, moldy, and rancid.
On or about December 15, 1938, the United States attorney for the District 
of Arizona, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of eight cases of walnut 
meats at Phoenix, Ariz., consigned by West Coast Bakers Supply Co.; alleging 
that the article had been shipped in part on or about October 27, 1938, and 
in part on or about November 23, 1938, from Los Angeles, Calif.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "California Shelled Walnuts Special Amber."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 24, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.