10739. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. 19 Cases    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 18800,
Sample No. 58106-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 15,1946, District of Oregon.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about November 26, 1945, by Kirk's Corn Products,
from Spokane, Wash. 
PRODUCT:   9 cases, each containing 48   2-ounce bags, and 10 cases, each containing
18   6-ounce bags, of popcorn at Eugene, Oreg.
LABEL IN PART : "Kirk's Corn Products Pop Corn Ingredients: Pure Special 
Oil, Artificial Color, Popcorn Salt and Popcorn."
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 larvae; 
and, Section 402 (b) (2), popcorn with artificially colored mineral oil and salt 
had been substituted for popcorn with edible oil and salt.
DISPOSITION: March 11,1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.