1172. Adulteration of  shelled peKans.     V. S. v.  13  Cartons  of  Shelled PeKans.
Default   decree   of  condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.   D.   C.   No.   1967. 
Sample No. 6692-E.)
Samples of this products were found to contain rodent excreta and hairs, 
human hairs, and insect fragments.
On May 15, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado 
filed a libel against 13 cartons of shelled pecans at Denver, Colo, (consigned 
by the Dodd Warehouses), alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 19, 1939, from San Francisco, 
Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy substance. It was labeled in part: "Packed by E. M. Zerr 
and Co., San Antonio, Texas."
On June 26, 1940, ncr-claimantHiaving appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.