1176. Adulteration of pecan pieces.    U. S. v. 30 Cases of Shelled Pecan Pieces.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond 
to be cleaned.    (F. D. C. No. 1885.   ,Sample;No. 5110-EJ
This product was contaminated with fecal Escherichia coli, and it also con- 
tained insect larvae and rodent hairs.
On April 26, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio filed a libel against 30 cases of pecan pieces at Cincinnati, Ohio (consigned 
on or about March 23, 1940), alleging that the article had been shipped in in- 
terstate commerce by the Sunshine Pecan Shelling Co. from San Antonio, Tex.; 
and charging that it was adulterated. The article was labeled in part 
"Perfection."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy substance; and in that it had been prepared, packed, and held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On June 7, 1940, the Sunshine Pecan Shelling Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be cleaned of all 
filth under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.