12110. Adulteration of dried peaches. IT. S. v. 131 Boxes * * *. (F. D. C. No. 22362. Sample No. 50134-H.) LIBEL FILED : January 16,1947, Southern District of Texas. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about January 10,1946, from San Jose, Calif. PRODUCT: 131 boxes, each containing 25 pounds, of dried peaches at Houston, Tex., in possession of Morris Sewall & Co., Inc. The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The storage room was infested with rats, and rodent pellets were observed on, and in, the boxes of fruit. Examina- tion showed that the article contained rodent pellets and that it was moldy and fermented. NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance. DISPOSITION : March 25, 1947. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.