20539. Adulteration of shelled peanuts.   U. S. v. 429 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
34803.    Sample No. 41002-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   April 3,1953, Western District of Washington. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about September 24, 1952, from Portales, N. Mex. 
PRODUCT:   429   115-pound bags of shelled peanuts at Seattle, Wash., in the 
possession of the Olympic Warehouse & Cold Storage 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 
excreta, rodent urine, and rodent-gnawed peanuts; and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
, taminated with filth. The article was adulterated while held for sale after 
shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: May 25, 1953. The Olympic Warehouse & Cold Storage Co., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under 
bond for the purpose of sorting and segregating, under the supervision of 
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.   As a result of the seg-
regation operations, 1,499 pounds of the product were found unfit and were 
denatured for use as hog feed.