5750. Adulteration of shelled Spanish peanuts.    IJ.  S. v.  102 Bags of Shelled
Spanish Peanuts.    Consent decree of condemnation.   Product ordered re- 
leased under bond for segregation and destruction of the unfit portion.
( F. D. C. No. 12328.   Sample No. 76354-F.)
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in 
interstate commerce. Some of the bags had been torn by rodents and contained 
urine stains. Examination of samples showed that the product was contaminated 
with rodent excreta.
On or about May 6,1944, the United States attorney for the District of Connecti- 
cut filed a libel against i02 bags, each containing about 135 pounds, of shelled 
Spanish peanuts at New Haven, Conn.; alleging that the article, which was in 
the possession of the Nut Food Co., Inc., had been shipped on or about October 
9, 1943, from Albany, Ga.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance, and in that it had been held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
: On June 7, 1944, the Nut Food Co., Inc., New Haven, Conn., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond for segregation and destruction of 
the unfit portion under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.