3602. Adulteration of pistachio nuts.    TJ. S. v. 8 Tins and 12 Tins of Pistachio
Nuts.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F.  D. C. No.
7060.   Sample No. 70333-E.)
Examinatipn of samples of this product showed the presence of wormy and 
moldy nuts.
Oh or about March 25, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of Florida filed a libel against 8 plain 5-pound tins and 12 gift-style 2%-pound 
tins of unshelled pistachio nuts at Miami Beach, Fla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 19, 1941, by the 
American Pistachio Corporation from New York, N. Y.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed 
substance.
On June 15, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.