20448. Adulteration of dried chili pods.   U. S. v. 184 Bags * * *.   (F. D. C. No.
34576.    Sample No. 44202-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 30,1953, Western District of Oklahoma.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 25,1952, by the E. C. Fogal Ranch, 
from Huntington Beach, Calif.
PRODUCT:   184   230-pound bags of dried chili pods at Oklahoma City, Okla.
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 hairs; 
and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 27, 1953. E. C. Fogal, 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 unfit 
portion, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
As a result of the segregation operations, 1,309 pounds of the product were 
found unfit and were destroyed.