5749. Adulteration of California shelled walnuts.    U. S. v. G Cases of California
Shelled   Walnuts.     Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. B.C. No. 12357.   Sample No. 58089-F.) 
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in 
interstate commerce. The cases had been torn and gnawed by rodents, and 
rodent excreta was found on the cases: Examination of samples showed that the 
product contained rodent excreta and rodent hairs.
On May 13,1944, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska filed a 
~Ub^eT against 6 cases of California shelled walnuts at Scottsbluff; Nebr., alleging . 
that the article, which was in the possession of the Nash-Fineh Co., had been 
shipped on or about November 29, 1943, from Los Angeles, Calif.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy sub- 
stance, and in that it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it 
might have become contaminated with filth.-
Jpri June 20,1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.