4471. Adulteration of   shelled  peKans.    U.   S.  v.   9  Cartons  of   Shelled  PeKans.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 8855. 
Sample No. 17999-F.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of rancid and decomposed 
nut meats.
On November 14, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed a libel against 9 30-pound cartons of shelled pecans at New 
York City, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about March 9, 1942, by the R. E. Funsten Co. from St. Louis, 
Mo,; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Fun- 
sten's Amber Shelled Pecan Halves."
On December 4,1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. '   -¦