447. Adulteration of dried peas.     U.  S. v. 210 Bags  of Dried Peas.     Consent
decree of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D  C.
No. 1346.   Sample No. 83524-D.)
This product was in interstate commerce when examined, at which time it 
was found to be in part sour and decomposed. It had been water-soaked and 
otherwise damaged in a fire which occurred in a freight terminal while it was 
in transit.
On January 15, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon 
filed a libel against 210 bags of dried peas at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 20, 
1939, by Wallace Grain & Pea Co. from Palouse, Wash.; and charging that 
it was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed 
substance.
On January 26, 1940, P. Harrowitz, claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the product was 
ordered released under bond conditioned that it be disposed of only in the 
manner approved by this Department. Each bag was examined by the claim- 
ant in order to separate the good peas from the bad, and 160 bags were found 
to be undamaged and were approved for unconditional release. The product 
in the remaining 50 bags, after the moldy and decomposed portions were 
removed, was ground and utilized for hog feed.
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