11985. Adulteration of brazil nuts.   II. S. v. 12 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 21861.
Sample No. 17067-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 23, 1946, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about October 1, 1946, by the William A. Camp Co.,
Inc., from New York, N. Y. 
PRODUCT:   12   100-pound bags of brazil nuts at Chicago, Ill. 
LABEL IN PART:    "Tropical Brand   New Crop   Large   Washed   Brazils."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of 
moldy, rancid, and decomposed brazil nuts, and was otherwise unfit for food by 
reason of the presence of empty shells.
DISPOSITION : March 14, 1947. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a public 
institution or destroyed. It was delivered to an institution, to be used as 
animal feed.