6970. Adulteration of shelled Spanish peanuts.    TJ. S. v. 215 Bass and 215 Bags
of Shelled Spanish Peanuts. Consent decree of condemnation. Product 
ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 13644. Sample Nos. 72458-F, 
72459-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    September 7, 1944, Southern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 20 and 27, 1944, by Burroughs & 
Jennings, from San Antonio, Tex.
PRODUCT:    215 bags, containing about 118 pounds each, and 215 bags, contain- 
ing about 121 pounds each, of shelled Spanish peanuts, at Des Moines, Iowa. 
This product contained beetles, larvae, and dirty, moldy, and decomposed 
peanuts.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance.
DISPOSITION: October 30, 1944. The Peanut Products Co., Des .Moines, Iowa, 
having admitted all the allegations of the libel except as to the number of 
bags subject to the action (only 177 bags were-seized), judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, for con- 
version into peanut oil and peanut cake and meal, to be used-for-purposes 
other than human consumption, under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.