21243. Adulteration of shelled walnuts.   U. S. v. 7 Cases * * *.    (P. D. C. No.
36325.    Sample No. 83580-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :    February 18, 1954, Southern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about January 28, 1954, from Minneapolis, Minn.
This was a return shipment. 
PRODUCT:    7   30-pound cases of shelled walnuts at Los Angeles, Calif.
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 insect 
parts and rodent hairs, and of a decomposed substance by reason of the pres- 
ence of rancid walnuts; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been held 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth.
DISPOSITION :   April 1, 1954.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.