4475. Adulteration of peanuts.    U. S. v. 35, 200, 175, and 69 Bags of Peanuts.
Consent decree of condemnation.    Product Ordered released under bond 
for  reconditioning.    (F.   D.   C.   Nos.   8261,  8262,   8263,   8279.    Sample  Nos. 
/12918-F, 12919-F, 13018-F, 13019-F.)
This product had been held, after shipment, at room temperature in store- 
rooms in which large numbers of moths were present. When examined, live 
moths and larvae were present on all bags that were visible.
On August 26 and 29, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of 
Oregon filed libels against 304 lOQ-gound bags of peanuts and 175 125-pound 
bags of peanuts at Portland, Oreg., in possession of the General Grocery Co., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the 
period from on or about February 18 to on or about March 17,1942, from Durant, 
Okla., Franklin, Va., and Cordele, Ga.; and charging that it was adulterated.
All lots were alleged to be adulterated in that they had been held under in- 
sanitary conditions whereby they migM have become contaminated with filth. 
A portion (69 bags) was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy substance.
On September 22, 1942, the cases having been consolidated and the General 
Grocery Co., Portland, Oreg., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the 
libels, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered re- 
leased under bond for reconditioning under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.