9673. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. 217 Cases of Popcorn.    Default decree
of  condemnation.     Product  ordered delivered to a public  institution.
(F. D. C. No. 17008.   Sample Nos. 14787-H to 14789-H, Incl.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 13,1945, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : The lot consisted of 3 return shipments, shipped as follows: 
100 cases on or about April 18, 1945, by the Germann Brothers Motor Trans- 
portation, from Charleston, W. Va.; 93 cases on or about May 28, 1945, by 
Lee and Cady, from Kalamazoo, Mich.; and 24 cases on or about June 26,1945, 
by the Wilson Mercantile Co., from Rhinelander, Wis.
PRODUCT: 217 cases, each containing 36 8-ounce bags, of popcorn (grain) at 
Chicago, Ill.
LABEL IN PART:    "Popcorn   Selected   Finest Quality."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), (100-case and 93-case 
lots) the article consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason 
of the presence of rodent excreta and (all lots) a decomposed substance by 
reason of the presence of moldy popcorn.
DISPOSITION: September 21, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. By amended 
decree, September 25, 1945, the product was ordered delivered to a public in- 
stitution, for use as stock feed.