4234. Adulteration of peanuts.    V. S. v. 24 Bags of Peanuts.    Default decree Of
condemnation.     Product   ordered   sold   for   extraction   of   peanut   oil.
(F. Dr C. No; 8298.   Sample No. 28651-F.) 
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This product contained rancid, decomposed, and moldy peanuts.
On September 3, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida filed a libel against 24 bags each bag containing 115 pounds, of 
peanuts at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been'shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 14, 1942, by Hodges Farm Products Co: from 
Bainbridge, Ga.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in 
whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
On October 14, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered sold to a vegetable oil company for the 
extraction of peanut oil, in accordance with the request of the Fat Salvage Unit
of the "War Production Boas provided that the product should not he disposed 
of in violation-of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.