15796. Adulteration of mixed nuts and brazil nuts.   U. S. v. 50 Cases   *   *   *
(and 1 other seizure action).   (F. D. C. Nos. 27960, 27966.   Sample Nos. 
46750-K, 46751-K.)
LIBELS FILED :   November 4, 1949, Western District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about September 22 and October 13,1949, by Wm. A.
Higgins & Co., Inc., from, New York, N. Y. 
PRODUCT:   50 cases, each containing 25   1-pound packages, of brazil nuts, and
48 cases, each containing 25   1-pound packages, of mixed nuts, at Pittsburgh,
Pa.
toe Brand Mixed Nuts * * * Walnuts Brazils Filberts Almonds 
PeKans."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the brazil nuts consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of 
moldy nuts, and they were otherwise unfit for food by reason of the presence 
of empty shells; and the mixed nuts consisted in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance by reason of the presence of moldy brazil nuts.
DISPOSITION: March 16, 1950. Default decrees of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the products be distributed to charitable institutions, with the 
understanding that the nuts be cracked and that the bad nuts be destroyed.