3389. Adulteration of walnuts.     V. S. v. 48 Bags of Walnuts.     Consent decree
of condemnation. Produet ordered released under bond for segregation 
and destruction of unfit portion.    (F. D. C. No. 6375.    Sample No. 84202-E.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of wormy, moldy, rancid, 
and decomposed nuts.
On December 9, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York filed a libel against 48 100-pound bags of walnuts at New York, 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 15, 1940, by B & O Nut Corporation from San Francisco, Calif.; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: "Tip-Top Brand Jumbo 
Payne Walnuts."
On January 9, 1942, B & O Nut Corporation, claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of. condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond for segregation and destruction of the unfit 
portion under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.