3187. Adulteration of peKans.    U. S. v. 1,700 Pounds of PeKans.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 6639.   Sample Nos 16900-E.)
This product was wormy and insect-infested and contained shriveled, moldy, 
rancid, and decomposed nuts.
On or about January 13, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri filed a libel against 1,700 pounds of- pecans at Kansas 
City, MO., alleging that the article had been shipped in-interstate commerce 
on or about December 18, 1941, by the May Food Stores from Greenville, Miss.; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed substance. 
On February 17, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.