25495. Adulteration of peKans.    U. S. v. 8 Bass of Pecan Nuts.    Decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  no. 36755.    Sample  no. 56453-B.)
This case involved pecan nuts which were in part moldy, shriveled, rancid, 
and wormy.
On December 10, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of three bags of pecans 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned on or about November 30, 1935, alleging that the 
article had been shipped In interstate commerce by the National Pecan Co. 
from Albany, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated In that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On December 23, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.