11799. Adulteration of dill pickles.    V. S. v. 618 Cases    *     *     *     (and 4 other
seizure actions).      F. D. C. Nos. 20578, 20756, 21141, 21391, 21392.    Sample 
Nos. 48141-H, 48166-H, 48167-H, 48179-H, 65224-H, 65342-H.)
LIBELS FILED : Between the dates of July 31 and October 31, 1946, District of 
Utah, District of Wyoming, and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of November 14, 1945, and 
June 8,1946, by the Sparks Pickle Co., from Sparks, Ga.
PRODUCT: Dill Pickles. 880 cases, each containing 6 3-quart, 9-ounce cans, at 
Philadelphia, Pa.; 177 cases, each containing 12 25-ounce jars, at Salt Lake 
City, and 199 cases, each containing 25 15 ounce jars, at Provo, Utah; and 
167 cases, each containing 12 25-ounce jars, at Kemmerer, Wyo. Two lots of 
the product were found to contain wormy pickles and dirt, and the remainder 
contained mold.
LABEL IN PART: "Sparks Brand Fresh Pack [or "Crosscut"] Dill Pickles," or 
"Sparks   Dill   Mixed   Pickles."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3) and (4), two lots of the 
article consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance and had been prepared 
under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with 
filth.   The remainder consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
ant having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was- 
ordered that the product be destroyed.