9674. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. 124 Bags of Popcorn.    Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No.
16492.   Sample No. 32345-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 23,1945, Southern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about April 19, 1945, from Lawrence, Kans.
PRODUCT: 124 100-pound bags of popcorn at Los Angeles, Calif., in the possession 
of the Metropolitan Warehouse. The product was stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent 
pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the 
product contained rodent hairs.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : June 29, 1945. The Wilkes Popcorn arid Sales Co., Los Angeles, 
Calif., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to 
be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Federal 
Security Agency.
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