15795. Adulteration of cashew nuts.   U. S. v. 57 Tins   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
27943.    Sample No. 32539-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 25, 1949, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 26, 1949, by Wm. A. Higgins & Co., Inc., 
from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT:    57   25-pound tins of cashew nuts at San Francisco, Calif.
LABEL IN PART: "Shelled Cashew Nuts Packed by Danalaxmi Vilas Cashew 
Company, Quilon, S. India" and "Blanched Cashew Kernels Packed By 
Southern India Cashew Co., Kundara, S. India."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects.
DISPOSITION : December 7, 1949. Wm. A. Higgins & Co., Inc., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond for the purposes of 
fumigation, reconditioning, and otherwise bringing the product into compliance 
with the law, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. A total 
of 190 pounds of the product was found unfit and was denatured out of the 
total of 1,401 pounds which actually had been seized.