5619. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 22 Bags of Flour.    Decree of condemnation
and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 10712.    Sample No. 52826-F.)
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment 
Rodent excreta and what appeared to be rodent urine stains were found on 
the bags, and one of the bags examined had been gnawed by rodents. Examina- 
tion of samples taken-from this lot showed that it contained rodent pellets, 
rodent hairs, larvae, cast skins, and insect fragments.
On or about September 10, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Virginia filed a libel against 22 bags of flour at Norfolk^ Va., alleging 
that the article, which was in the possession of C. E. Herbert & Sons, Inc., had 
been shipped on or about February 24,1943, from Red Wing, Minn.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy sub- 
stance, and in, that it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it 
might have become contaminated with filth.
On October 20, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.