30290. Adulteration of walnut meats.    U. S. v. 100 Cases of Walnut Meats (and
3 other seizure actions against the same product). Default decrees 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44252, 44289, 44307, 
44308.    Sample Nos. 36080-D, 43224-D, 43225-D, 43226-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found 
to be in part insect-infested, moldy, and rancid.
On October 28 and November 4, 7, and 8, 1938, the United States attorney 
for the Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 100 cases and 75 cartons of walnut meats at Seattle, Wash., and 15 
cartons at Tacoma, Wash.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about October 18 and 28, 1938, by Sunset Nut Shelling Co. from San Francisco, 
Calif.; 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 vegetable substance.
On January 24 and February 25, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.