10245. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. 222 Bass of Popcorn.   Default decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered sold.    (F. D. C. No. 17680.    Sample 
No. 21905-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   October 2, 1945, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of October 29 and December 
29,1944, by the Taylor Seed Co., from Murray, Ky.
PRODUCT:   222   100-pound bags of popcorn at Memphis, Tenn.
LABEIL, IN PART :   (Portion of bags) "High Quality   South American   Pop-Corn."
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 weevils 
and larvae.
DISPOSITION: December 7, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was 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.