20447. Adulteration of unshelled walnuts.   U. S. v. 8 Bags, etc.    (F. D. C. No.
34807.   Sample Nos. 20738-L, 20739-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   April 6,1953, Southern District of Iowa. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about October 30, 1952, from Los Angeles, Calif.
PRODUCT: 8 100-pound bags and 11 50-pound bags of unshelled walnuts at 
Marshalltown, Iowa, in the possession of the Letts-Fletcher Co.
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 rodent urine 
and rodent-gnawed walnuts ; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 
The article was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate 
commerce.
Grocers Corp., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be re- 
leased under bond for reconditioning under the supervision of the Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare. As a result of the reconditioning opera- 
tions, 108 pounds of the product were found unfit and were destroyed.
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