17588. Adulteration of peanuts.   U. S. v. 25 Bags    *    *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 30958.
Sample No. 18930-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 21,1951, Northern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about December 20, 1950, from Plymouth, N. C.
PRODUCT: 25 100-pound bags of peanuts at Sioux City, Iowa, in the possession 
of the Tolerton & Warfield Co., Sioux City, Iowa.
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 rodent 
excreta ; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The product was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : July 21, 1951. The Tolerton & Warfield Co., Sioux City, Iowa, 
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 segregation of the fit portion from the unfit, and that the unfit portion be 
destroyed or converted into animal feed or otherwise brought into compliance 
with the law, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. Segrega- 
tion operations resulted in the release of 22y2 bags of peanuts as fit. Each 
of these bags contained approximately 95 pounds.