4681. Adulteration of Brazil nuts and -walnut meats and halves.    V. S. v. 294 Bags
of Brazil Nuts, 400 Boxes of Walnut Meats, and 1,100 Boxes of Walnut 
Halves and Pieces. Consent decrees of condemnation. Product ordered 
released under bond for segregation and destruction of Unfit portion. , (F.
D. C. Nos. 8686, 9764, 9926.    Sample Nos. 22563-F, 31946-F, 38131-F.),
The walnut meats were in part worm-cut and contained insect excreta and 
\webbing; The Brazil nuts were in part moldy and decomposed. 
J On November 2, 1942, April 9, and May 12, 1943, the United States attorneys 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Southern District of Indiana,; and 
Eastern District of Wisconsin filed libels against 294 100-bound bags of Brazil 
nuts at Philadelphia, Pa., 400 25-pound boxes of walnut meats at Indianapolis, 
Ind., arid 1,100 25-pound boxes of walnut halves and pieces, at Milwaukee, Wis.- 
alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce Vwithin the 
period from on or about October 14, 1942, to March 19,1943, by Wm. A. Cainp & 
Co., Inc., from New York, N. Y.; and charging that they were adulterated in 
that they consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and/or decomposed substance. 
'The articles were labeled in part: "Tropical Brand New Crop Large Washed 
Brazils," "Light Ainbers * * * Packed By Whittier Walnut Packing El 
Monte California," or "Carnation Club Shelled Walnut Halves & Pieces." r
On December 5, 1942, May 28 and June 1, 1943, Wm. A. Cainp & Co., Inc., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and haying consented to 
the entries of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products 
were ordered released under bond for reconditioning by sorting out and destroying 
the unfit portions, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.