4163. Adulteration of chillies.    U. S. v. 20 Bags of Chillies.    Consent decree of
condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond for reconditioning.
(F. D. C. No. 8319.   Sample No. 12920-F.)
This product had been stored after shipment under conditions favorable to 
insect infestation and, when examined, it contained insects and insect excreta. 
Pupae, larvae moths, and webbing were observed on all the bags.
On September 4, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon 
filed a libel against 20 100-pound bags of chillies at Portland, Oreg., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate Commerce on or about March 14, 1942,
'from New York, N. Y., and that It was in possession of the General Grocery Co., 
Inc.; and charging that it was adulteratedin 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. The article was labeled in part: 
"Hontaka Chillies." /
On September 22, 1942,. the General Grocery Co., Inc., Portland^ Oreg., having 
appeared as claimant, judgment of condemnation' was" entered and'.'the product 
was ordered released under bond for reconditioning under the supervision of the 
Food and Drug Administration.