672. Adulteration of walnut meats.     IT.  S.  v.   6  Cases and 8 Cases  of Walnut
Meats.     Default  decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C.   No.
1132.    Sample Nos. 83343-D, 83344-D.)
This product was in interstate commerce when examined and was. found 
to be in whole or in part moldy, rancid, decomposed, and insect-infested at 
that time.
On December 4, 1939, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington filed a libel against 6 cases and 8 cases, each containing 25 
pounds, of walnut meats at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 19, June 30, July 17, and 
September 19, 1939, by Hudson-Duncan & Co. from Portland, Oreg.; and 
-charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy 
and decomposed substance.   It was labeled in part: "Pride of Oregon Brand."
On February 9, 1940, no claimant having appeared, a decree of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.