6528. Adulteration of red peppers.    IT. S. v. 160 Bags of Peppers.    Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D. C. No.
11958.    Sample No. 58930-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 3,1944, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about January 25,1944, by the Carolina Pepper Asso- 
ciation, from Florence, S. C.
PRODUCT: 160 bags, each containing approximately 100 pounds, of peppers at 
Baltimore, Md.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance by reason of the 
presence of rodent-excreta and moldy peppers.
DISPOSITION : May 29, 1944. McCormick & Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations in the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be brought into 
compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration.   The unfit portion was segregated and destroyed.