30450. Adulteration of almonds.     U.   S.  v. Three  Sacks  of  Vnshelled Almonds.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 44364. 
Sample No. 36088-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 worm-infested.
On November 17, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of three sacks of 
almonds at Norfolk, Va.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about October 24, 1938, by Rosenberg Bros. & Co. from Oakland, Calif.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Ensign Brand California Nonpareil Almonds."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy vegetable substance.
On February 7, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.