9836. Adulteration İf popcorn.    U. S. v. 65 Bags of Popcorn.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 19684.    Sample No. 65308-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about April 25, 1946, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about June 25, 1945, from Philadelphia, Pa.
PRODUCT: 65 100-pound bags of popcorn at Atlantic City, N. J., in possession 
of the Mason Co.; Inc. The product was stored under insanitary conditions 
after shipment. Examination showed the presence of rodent pellets and 
rodent- and insect-damaged kernels. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, 
and rodent excreta was observed on them.
been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : May 24, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.