1169. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.   U. S. v. 61 Cases and 135 Bags of Brazil Huts.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for seg- 
regation and destruction of unfit portion. (F. D. C. No. 3432. Sample 
Nos. 20727-E, 20728-E.)
These nuts were in part moldy and rancid.
On or about November 26, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Florida filed a libel against 61 30-pound cases and 135 100-pound bags 
of Brazil nuts at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about October 5r 1940, by the Red Line Commercial 
Co., Inc., from New York, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The article was 
labeled in part: "Amazon Brand Large Medium Washed Brazil Nuts."
On December 18, 1940, the Daylight Grocery Co., Jacksonville, Fla., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond for segregation and 
destruction of unfit portion.