6222. Adulteration of  self-rising  flour.     U.   S.  v.   221  Bags  of  Enriched   Self-
Rising Flour.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
No. 11731.    Sample No. 53266-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 5, 1944, Eastern District of North Carolina.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about December 22, 1943, from Norfolk, Va.
PRODUCT: 221 10-pound bags of flour at Kinston, N. C, in possession of the 
Kinston Wholesale Grocery Co.
The flour was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Many 
of the bags were rodent-gnawed and contained urine stains. Rodent excreta 
was found on the bags and on the floor around the stack. Examination showed 
that the product contained rodent excreta, rodent hairs, and insect fragments.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated 
with filth.   -
DISPOSITION: April 11, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.