7682. Adulteration of peanuts.    IT. S. v. 50 Bags, 145 Bags, 300 Bags, and 54
Bags of Peanuts. Consent'decrees of condemnation. Product ordered 
released under bond. (F. D. C. Nos. 14155, 14194. Sample Nos. 80376-F, 
89729-F, 89730-F, 89731-F.)
LIBELS FILED:   October 27 and November 4, 1944, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   Between on or about October 22, 1943, and February 15,
1944, by the Parker Peanut Co., from Suffolk, Va. 
PRODUCT:   549 100-pound bags of peanuts, at St. Louis, Mo. 
LABEL IN PART:    "Parker Packet Fancy [or "Jumbo"] Hand Picked Peanuts," or
"Jumbo Fancy Hand Picked Peanuts."
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 insect-infested 
peanuts, and a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of moldy and 
decomposed peanuts.
DISPOSITION : Between November 15 and 27,1944. The David G. Evans Coffee Co., 
a corporation, claimant for the 50-bag and 300-bag lots, the Commercial Coffee 
Co.," claimant for the 145-bag lot, and the General Grocer Co., a corporation, 
claimant for the 54-bag lot, having admitted the allegations of the libels, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered released 
under bond to be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency, 
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