1014. Adulteration of flour.    IT.  S.  v.  106 Bags  of Flour.    Default  decree  of 
destruction or disposition as animal feed.    (F. D. C. No. 13743.    Sample
No. 87452-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    September 26, 1944, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about February 24, 1944, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
PRODUCT: 106 50-pound bags of flour at Duluth, Minn., in possession of 
Winston & Newell Co.
The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets and urine stains were observed on 
the bags. Examination showed that the article contained rodent excreta, 
rodent hairs, and insect fragments. 
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adult-eration, 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: November 24, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed unless properly reprocessed 
for animal feed by the United States marshal, under the direction of the Food 
and Drug Administration, and thereafter disposed of by the marshal as animal 
feed.