19587. Adulteration of shelled peanuts.   U. S. v. 46 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
34580.    Sample No. 35883-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 6, 1953, Western District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about November 12,1952, from Suffolk, Va.
PRODUCT: 46 100-pound bags of shelled peanuts at Louisville, Ky., in the pos- 
session of Shedd-Bartush Foods, Inc.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
pellets and rodent urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been held 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth. The article was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in 
interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : February 28, 1953. Shedd-Bartush Foods, Inc., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond for the segregation 
and the destruction of the unfit portion, under the supervision of the Federal 
Security Agency.   33 bags of the product were found unfit and were denatured.