11286. Adulteration of imitation pepper and dry red pepper.    TJ. S. v. 145 Bags,
etc.    (F. D. C. No. 19972.    Sample Nos. 63352-H, 63356-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 29,1946, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about April 1, 1946, from Cleveland, Ohio.
PRODUCT:   145 bags, each containing 100 pounds, of imitation pepper and 35 bags,
each containing approximately 150 pounds, of dry red pepper at Newark, N. J.,
in possession of the J. R. Watkins Co. 
The products were stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.   Live
weevils were-noted on the bags of imitation pepper, and rodent excreta, urine
stains, and weevils were noted on the bags of dry red pepper.   Examination
See also Nos. 11107, 11150,
disclosed that the imitation pepper contained beetles and that the dry red 
pepper contained rodent pellets, rodent hair fragments, and insects.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: July 1, 1946. The J. R. Watkins Co., Newark, N. J., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the products were released under bond, conditioned that the unfit 
portion of the imitation pepper be segregated and destroyed and that the dry 
red pepper be cleaned and used in the manufacture of liniment, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.