4468. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    U.S. v. 536 Bags of Brazil Nuts.    Consent
decree   of   condemnation.    Product   ordered   released   under   bond   for 
segregation.     (F. D. C. No. 8849.    Sample No. 18000-F.)
This product was in part moldy, rancid and decomposed.
On November 21, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of New York filed a libel against 536 100-pound bags of Brazil nuts at Brooklyn, 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate, commerce on or 
about June 26, i942, by I. J. Benzecry from Manaos, Brazil; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance.   The article was labeled in part: "Holly Brand Large Washed Brazils.''
On November 20, 1942, William A. Higgins & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y,, 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered released under bond for segrega- 
tion of the fit portion from the unfit portion and destruction of the latter under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.