26045. Adulteration of  walnut meats.     XT,   S.   v.  40  Cartons  of Walnut  Meats.
Consent    decree    of    condemnation.     Product    released    under'  bond.
(F. & D. no. 37485.    Sample no. 65286-B.)
This case involved shipment of walnut meats that were in part worm-eaten, 
moldy, and decomposed.
On March 27, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 40 cartons of 
walnut meats at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about March 4, 1936, by D. Granton & Co., from Wil- 
mington, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Ord Granton and Co. Ntfy Crescent Mfg. 
Co. Seattle, Wash."
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 13, 1936, Granton & Co., claimant, having admitted, the allegations of 
the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered, and it was ordered that the product be released under bond 
conditioned that the good nuts be separated from the bad and the latter 
destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.