20238. Adulteration of cashew nuts.   U. S. v. 18 Cases * * *.    (F. D. 0. No.
34646.   Sample No. 23312-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 2, 1953, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   From India.
PRODUCT: 18 cases, each containing 2 25-pound tins, of cashew nuts at New 
York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, insect 
webbing, and insect excreta. The article was adulterated while held for. sale 
after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : February 20, 1953. Manhattan Nut Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., 
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 and destruction of the unfit portion, under the supervision of the 
Federal Security Agency. As a result of the segregation operations, 135 pounds 
of the nuts were found unfit and were destroyed.