14660. Adulteration of mixed nuts and brazil nuts. U. S. v. 19 Bags * * * (and 1 other seizure action). (F. D. C. Nos. 24001, 24166. Sample Nos. 3212-K,12236-K.) LIBELS FILED : December 3 and 8r 1947, District of Maryland and Middle District of Pennsylvania. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 7 and 23, 1947, by William A. Camp Co., Inc., from New York, N. Y. PRODUCT: 5 50-pound bags and 40 pounds in bulk of mixed nuts at Baltimore, Md., and 19 100-pound bags of brazil nuts at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of moldy, rancid, and otherwise decomposed nuts, and was otherwise unfit for food by reason of the presence of empty shells; further, the mixed nuts consisted in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect-infested nuts. DISPOSITION : January 27 and February 10, 1948. Default decrees of condemna- tion and destruction.