4544. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. 41 Bass of Popcorn.    Consent decree of
condemnation. Product ordered released under bond to be brought into 
compliance with the law.   (F. D. C. No. 8993.   Sample No. 12443-F.)
This product contained beetles, worms, insect fragments, insect excreta, and 
insect-cut corn.
On or about December 9, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Washington filed a libel against 41 bags of popcorn at Tacoma, Wash., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
December 1, 1941, by the Albert Dickinson Co. from Nampa, Idaho; and charg- 
ing that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy 
substance. The article was labeled in part: "Dickinson's Little Buster Pops 
Anywhere."
On January 14,1943, the Tacoma Grocery Co., a corporation of Tacoma, Wash., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that 
it be brought into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration. 
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