13169. Adulteration of brazil nuts.    U.  S. v.  16 Bags    *     *     *     (and 12 other
seizure actions). (F. D. C. Nos. 21733, 21772, 21773, 21808 to 21811, incl., 
21864, 21964, 21988, 21992, 23952, 24136. Sample Nos. 53972-H, 60076-H 
60522-H, 60524-H, 60525-H, 60529-H to 80532-H, incl., 65452-H, 65455-IL 
65459-H, 2205-K, 12006-K.)
LIBELS FILED: Between November 21, 1946, and November 26, 1947, Eastern, 
Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, Western District of Kentucky, 
and District of Maryland.
pound bags, and 84 40-pound boxes at Pittsburgh, Erie, Philadelphia, and 
Harrisburg, Pa., Louisville, Ky., and Baltimore, Md.
LABEL IN PART:    "Holly Brand   *    *    *   Brazil Nuts."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), all lots consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of moldy, 
rancid, and decomposed nuts; some lots consisted also of a filthy substance by 
reason of the presence of insect-infested nuts, and some lots were otherwise 
unfit for food by reason by the presence of empty shells.
DISPOSITION : January 3, 1947. No claimant having appeared for 47 bags and 
baskets of the product at Pittsburgh and 15 baskets at Erie, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed. Between 
December 17, 1946, and December 16, 1947, Wm. A. Higgins & Co., Inc., claim- 
ant for the remaining lots, having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered released under 
bond for* segregation and destruction of the unfit portion, under the super- 
vision of the Food and Drug Administration.