9675. Adulteration of popcorn.   U. S. v. 30 Bags of Popcorn (and 4 other seizure
actions against popcorn). Default decrees of condemnation. Product 
ordered sold. (F. D. C. Nos. 17001 to 17003, incl., 17504, 17505, 17668, 17669, 
17738. Sample Nos. 21896-H, 21904-H, 21911-H, 23047-H to 23049-H, incl., 
23052-H, 23053-H.)
LIBELS FILED:   September 28 and October 4 and 22, 1945, Western District of
Tennessee. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   Between the approximate dates of October 18, 1944, and
May 29,1945, by G. C. Atkins, from Shawneetown, Ill., and Durant, Okla. 
PRODUCT:   97 bags, each containing 100 pounds, of popcorn at Memphis, Tenn. 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of moths,
weevils, and larvae. 
DISPOSITION:   December 3, 1945.   No claimant having appeared, judgments of
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered sold, to be denatured
under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency, and disposed of for
purposes other than human consumption.