10559. Adulteration of popcorn.    V. S. v. 49 Bags    *    *    *     (and 4 other seizure
actions against popcorn). (F. D. C. Nos. 18071, 18072, 18500, 18501, 
18838, 19588. Sample Nos. 18794-H, 18795-H, 24902-H, 24903-H, 51018-H, 
51063-H.)
LIBELS FILED : Between the approximate dates of November 7, 1945, and April 
5, 1946, District of Minnesota, Western District of Wisconsin, and Southern 
District of Texas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of May 31 and August 23, 
1945, by the Central Popcorn Co., Schaller, Iowa, and Minneapolis, Minn.
PRODUCT: Popcorn. 200 bags at Minneapolis, Minn., 7 bags at St. Paul, Minn., 
37 bags at Eau Claire, Wis., and 94 bags at Houston, Tex., each bag containing 
100 pounds.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of larvae, 
weevils, insect fragments, insect excreta, and rodent-gnawed and insect-dam- 
aged kernels.
DISPOSITION : Between January 8 and April 26, 1946. The First Brokerage Co., 
Minneapolis, Minn., the Favorite Confection Co., Eau Claire, Wis., and Sidney 
Myers, Inc., Houston, Tex., having appeared as claimants for their respec- 
tive portions of the articles, judgments of condemnation were entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond. The decrees provided that the 
lot at Minneapolis be utilized in the manufacture of distilled spirits; that 
one of the Houston lots be ground into feed for animals or poultry; and that 
the Eau Claire lot be disposed of in compliance with the law, which lot was 
denatured for use as animal feed. No claims were entered for the remaining 
lots, one of which was condemned and ordered destroyed, and the other was 
ordered destroyed unless disposed of as animal feed.