13851. Adulteration of mixed nuts.   U. S. v. 68 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. N0.
25361.    Sample No. 4711-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :   August 12, 1948, District of Massachusetts. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about January 17, 1944, from Fort Knox, Ky.
PRODUCT: 68 50-pound bags of mixed nuts at South Boston, Mass., in possession 
of the Independent Warehouse Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, 
and of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of decomposed nuts; 
and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby 
it may have become contaminated with filth. The product was adulterated 
while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION:   October 5, 1948.   Default of condemnation and destruction.