26031. Adulteration of shelled walnuts.     V. S. v. 900 Cases of Shelled 'Walnuts.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under 
bond.    (F. & D. no. S7403.    Sample no. 65283-B.)
This case involved shipment of shelled walnuts that were in part moldy, in- 
sect-eaten, rancid, and decomposed.
On March 19, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 900 cases of shelled 
walnuts at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about March 16, 1936, by Edward Jensen & Co., 
from Seattle, Wash., 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 and decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 17, 1936, Herman C. Fisher Co., San Francisco, Calif., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the 
product be released under bond conditioned that it not be disposed of in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.