17090. Adulteration of brazil nuts.   U. S. v. 9 Bags   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
30149.    Sample No. 43726-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    November 21, 1950, Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 11, 1950, by Wm. A. Higgins & Co., 
Inc., from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT:   9   100-pound bags of brazil nuts at Cincinnati, Ohio.
LABEL IN PART: "Sun Co Large Medium Polished New Crop * * * 
Selected   Brazil Nuts."
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 
molds7 and otherwise decomposed nuts, and was otherwise unfit for food 
by reason of the presence of rancid nuts and empty shells.
DISPOSITION : February 14, 1951. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
having found that the product contained nuts which were fit for human 
consumption, ordered that the product be delivered to charitable institutions, 
so that the fit portion might be used by the inmates.