15545. Adulteration of shelled peKans.   U. S. v. 2 Cases   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
27984.    Sample No. 47777-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 9,1949, Southern District of West Virginia. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about October 1,1949, by the Dixie Paper Shell Pecan 
Eixchange, Inc., from Barnesville, Ga.
PRODUCT:   2   50-pound cases of shelled pecans at Charleston, W. Va. 
NATURE OF CHARGE :   Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article was unfit for 
food by reason of the presence of rancid peKans.
DISPOSITION : December 19, 1949. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution, for use as 
animal feed.