4467. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    U. S. v. 12,000 Pounds and 35,0^0 Pounds of
Brazil   Nuts.    Consent   decree   of   condemnation.    Product   ordered  re- 
leased under bond for segregation and destruction of the unfit portion:
(F. D. C. No. 8847.    Sample Nos. 18127-F, 18128-F.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of moldy, decomposed, and 
wormy nuts.
On November 10, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York filed a libel against a total of 47,066 pounds of Brazil nuts at New 
York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about June 30, 1942, by B. Levy & Cia from Manaos, Brazil; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy.and 
decomposed substance. 
On November 30, 1942, Wm. A. Camp Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the product was ordered released under bond for segregation of the 
fit portion from the unfit portion and destruction of the latter under the super- 
vision of the Food and Drug Administration.