20494. Adulteration of chilies.   U. S. v. 117 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 34964.
Sample No. 23301-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   April 21, 1953, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 27, 1950, from Istanbul, Turkey. 
PRODUCT;   117   55-pound bags of chilies at New York, N. Y., in the possession 
of William M. Allison & 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 ex- 
creta; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The article was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION ; June 15, 1953. Van Loan & 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 of the unfit portion under the supervision of the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare. As a result of the segregation operations, 
3,019 pounds of the product were found unfit and were destroyed.