11037. Adulteration of carob bKans. U. S. v. 7 Bags * * *. (F. D. C. No. 19507. Sample No. 7234-H.) LIBEL FILED : April 10,1946, Southern District of New York. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 30, 1944, by the Becker-Mayer Seed Co., Baltimore, Md. PRODUCT: 7 110-pound bags of carob beans at New York, N. Y. LABEL, IN PART : "N. Spyropoulos Extra Selected Produce of Cyprus." 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, webbing, and insect excreta. DISPOSITION: May 8, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.