15144. Adulteration of shelled filberts.   U. S. v. 9 Sacks   *   *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 26491.    Sample No. 45716-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    January 31,1949, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 13 and 14, 1948, by Pan American 
Food Co., Inc., Zaloom Brothers Co., and Wm. A. Camp Co., Inc., from New 
York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 9 sacks, each containing approximately 175 pounds, of shelled filberts 
at St. Louis, Mo.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect-damaged fil- 
berts, and of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of rancid, 
moldy, and otherwise decomposed filberts.
DISPOSITION : February 28, 1949. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.