4164. Adulteration of chili peppers.   U. S. v. 150 Sacks of Chili Peppers.   Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 8152.    Sample No. 
7144-F.)
This product was insect infested.
On August 15, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri filed a libel against 150 220-pound sacks of chili peppers at St.; Louis, 
Mo. On September 8,1942, ah amended libel was filed omitting reference to the 
150 sacks described in the original libel, and covering 40 bales, each containing 
220 pounds, and 25 bales, each containing 106 pounds, of chili peppers at St. Louis, 
Mo. It was alleged in the amended libel that the article had been shipped to 
interstate commerce on or about September 17, 1940, by the Kramer Mercantile 
Co., from Chamita, N. Mex., and that it was adulterated in that it consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance.
On October 28, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.