11987. Adulteration of shelled peanuts.    IT. S. v. 204 Bags    *    *    *.     (F. D. C.
No. 21845,   Sample No. 48159-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 10, '1946, District of Utah.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of January 17 and March 
29, 1946, from Dublin, Tex., Portales, N. Mex., and Durant, Okla.
PRODUCT: 204 115-pound bags of shelled peanuts at Salt Lake City, Utah, in 
possession of the Cornwall Warehouse Co. The product was stored under 
insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, 
and rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on them. Examination 
showed that the product contained rodent excreta and rodent hairs.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 16, 1946. The Sweet Candy Company, Salt Lake City, 
Utah, claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, 
?conditioned that it be disposed of in compliance with the law, under the super- 
vision of the Food and Drug Administration. The product was reconditioned 
by removal and destruction of all contaminated peanuts.