17180. Adulteration of chick-peas.   U. S. v. 25 Bags   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No.
30324.    Sample No. 74301-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 7,1950, Eastern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   During December 1949, from French Morocco.
prostrate: 25 100-pound bags of chick-peas at Brooklyn, N. Y., in possession 
of the Prentice Stores, New York Dock Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of wood 
splinters, dirt, rodent excreta, insects, and other extraneous material; and, 
Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby 
it may have become contaminated with filth. The product was adulterated 
while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : January 30, 1951. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.