14448- Adulteration of celery.   U. S- v. 533 Crates   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No. 26521.
Sample Nos. 46445-K, 46446-K, 46448-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    February 10, 1949, Eastern District of Missouri. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about January 18 and 22, 1949, by A. Levy & J.
Zentner Co., from Cutler, Calif. 
PRODUCT:    533 crates of celery at St. Louis, Mo. 
LABEL IN PART:    (58 crates) "Emro-Hill Brand    Selected Vegetables, Grown,
Packed and Shipped by Hillside Growers Assn., Cutler   California" and (475
crates)    "Oro   Gem   Brand   *    *    *   Orosi   Vegetable   Growers   Grower,
Packer and Shipper, Orosi, California." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:    Adulteration, Section 402 (a)   (3), the product was unfit
for food by reason of discoloration, pithiness, and softening, due to freezing. 
DISPOSITION :    March 28,1949.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.