6370. Adulteration of shelled filberts. XT. S. v. 8 Bags of Shelled Filberts. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered denatured and sold. (F. D. C. No. 11517. Sample No. 62547-F.) LIBEL FILED : December 27,1943, Eastern District of Missouri. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 8, 1943, by the Braun Importing Co., Inc., from Philadelphia, Pa. PRODUCT: 8 bags, each containing about 218 pounds, of shelled filberts at St. Louis, Mo. LABEL, IN PART : "Rico New York Shelled Filberts." VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of larvae, cocoons, insect excreta, pupae, webbing, and insect fragments. .DISPOSITION: January 22,' 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered denatured, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, and sold under such con- ditions as would insure its disposition in compliance with the law. It was utilized as hog feed.