17297. Adulteration of unshelled mixed nuts.   U. S. v. 616 Cartons   *   *    *.
(F. D. C. No. 30235.    Sample No. 73045-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 9,1950, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT; The product was imported from Brazil on an unknown 
date.
PRODUCT:   616   25-pound cartons of unshelled mixed nuts at Jersey City, N. J.
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 wormy 
nuts, and of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of moldy, 
rancid, and otherwise decomposed nuts. The product was adulterated while 
held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : December 5,1950. Wm. A. Camp Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond for 
removal of the unfit nuts and, at the option of the claimant, their replace- 
ment with good nuts, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administra- 
tion. Salvage operations resulted in the segregation and destruction of 870 
pounds of nuts.