6625. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 250 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered delivered to a public institution.    (F. D. C.
No. 12975.    Sample No. 58855-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    July 19, 1944, Southern District of West Virginia. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about April 19, 1944, from Hays, Kans.
PRODUCT:    Flour: 250 10-pound bags, at Princeton, W. Va., in the possession
of the Sterling Grocery Co.
This product had been stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions.
The bags had been gnawed by rodents, and they contained urine stains and
rodent pellets.    Examination showed that the product contained rodent urine,
rodent hair fragments, 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 may have become contaminated
with filth.
DISPOSITION:    September 28, 1944.    No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
'  condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a public
institution, after being denatured so that it could not be disposed of for human
consumption.