1173. Adulteration of  shelled peKans.     F.  S.  v.  30  Cartons of  Shelled  PeKans.
Default  decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  D.  C.  No.   1880. 
Sample No. 15143-E.)
This product was contaminated with fecal Escherichia coli, and it also con- 
tained rodent hairs.
On April 26, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri filed a libel against 30 cartons of shelled pecans at St. Louis, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
March 4, 1940, by the Southern Pecan Co., Inc., from New Orleans, La.; and 
charging that it was adulterated.   It was labeled in part "Sopeco Nuts."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy substance; and in that it had been prepared, packed, or held 
under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with 
filth.
On June 28, 1940, no answer or claim having been filed, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.