5676. Adulteration of whole milk powder.    U. S. v. 6 Barrels of Dried Whole Milk
Powder.    Default  decree  of  condemnation  and destruction.     (F.  D.  C.
No. 11082.    Sample No. 56415-F.)
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in 
interstate commerce. The barrels had been attacked by rats and rat excreta 
was found on and around the barrels. 
On November 9, 1943, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed a libel against 6 barrels of dried whole milk powder at Port 
Chester, N. Y., alleging that the article, which was in the possession of the 
Brick Oven Bake Shop, had been shipped on or about August 7, 1943, from 
Thorp, Wis.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy substance because of the presence of rodent hairs, rodent 
excreta, and insect fragments, and in that the article had been held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On November 23, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment,of condemna-' 
tion was' entered and the product was ordered destroyed.   On January 5, 1944, 
an. amended decree was entered providing for delivery of the product to a Federal 
institution for use as feed for hogs.