3844. Adulteration of chili peppers.    U. S. y. 21 Bags of Mexican Chili Peppers.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 7186. 
Sample No. 71821-E.)
This product had been stored, after its receipt in interstate commerce, in a 
rodent-infested storehouse, some of the bags and their contents had been chewed 
by rodents, and rodent hairs and pellets were found on the peppers.
On April 14, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee filed a libel against 21 bags of chili peppers at Memphis, Tenn., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 1, 
1941, from Los Angeles, Calif., and was in possession of Canova Foods, Inc. 
Memphis, Tenn.; 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 held under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth. It was labeled 
in part: (Tag)  "To: Canova Foods Inc.    400 Tenn.    Memphis, Tenn."
On May 18, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.