2099. Adulteration of cacao bKans.     P. S. v. 375 Bags of Cacao BKans.     Consent
decree of. condemnation. Product ordered released under bond for 
cleansing and sorting.     (F. D. C. No. 3124.    Sample No. 16698-E.)
This product was ihsect-infested, having been found to contain worm-cut 
beans, worms, excreta, and webbing.
On October 3, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri filed a libel against 375 bags of cacao beans at St. Joseph, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
September 14, 1940, by Emil Pick from Jersey City, N. J.; and charging that
it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy sub- 
j stance.    The article" was labeled in part: "Produce of Gold Coast."
On March 29, 1941, the Chase Candy Co. of St. Joseph, Mo., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be properly 
cleaned and sorted in order to eliminate ail unfit material.