2956. Adulteration of peKans.    U. S. v. 280 Cartons and 14,870 Pounds of PeKans.
Consent decrees of condemnation. .Product ordered released under bond 
to be reconditioned. (F. D. C. Nos. 6152, 6343. Sample Nos. 74562-E, 
74593-E.)
Examination of this product disclosed the presence of moldy, rancid, and/or 
decomposed peKans.
On November 6 and December 5, 1941, the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of New York filed libels against 280 cartons each containing 
65 pounds, and 14,870 pounds of pecans at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about September 22, 1941, by Southern Pecan 
Shelling Co. from San Antonio, Tex.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. A portion of 
the article was labeled in part: (Cartons) "Extra Fancy Texas Pecans Southern 
Belle PeKans."
On. December 2 and 22, 1941, Southern Pecan Shelling Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered 
. and the product was ordered released under bond to be reconditioned Under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, such reconditioning to consist 
of cracking out the nut meats and sorting the edible nut meats from the moldy 
and rancid pieces. 
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