2941. Adulteration of dill pickles.     U. S. v. ,50 barrels, of Dill Pickles.    Consent
decree  of condemnation.     Product ordered released under bond to  be 
reconditioned.     (F. D.  C.  No. 6205.    Sample No. 54255-B.)
Examination  showed  that  this  product  contained   rodent  hair  and  insect
fragments.
On November 12, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania filed a libel against 50 barrels of dill pickles at Philadelphia, Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about September 22, 1941, by 
H. M. Field, Inc., from Denton, Md.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance, and in that it had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become 
contaminated with filth.
On December 22,1941, H. M. Field, Inc., having appeared as claimant, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond 
to be reconditioned under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. 
The pickles were removed from the brine, washed thoroughly, and replaced in a 
brine of water and salt.