7407. Adulteration of pastry flour, plain flour, and rye flour.    U. S. v. 5 Bags
and 52 Bags of Plain Flour, 1 Bag of Cake Flour, and 12 Bags of Rye 
Flour. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to 
the National Zoological Park. (F. D. C. No. 12338. Sample Nos. 79514-F 
to 79517-F, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 10, 1944, District of Columbia.
PRODUCT: 57 100-pound bags of plain flour, 1 lOO-pound bag of cake flour, and 
12 lOO-pound bags of rye flour at Washington, D. C, in the possession of 
J. E. Dyer & Co.
The flour had been stored under insanitary conditions. Many of the bags 
had been gnawed by rodents, and contained rodent excreta and urine stains. 
Examination of samples showed that the product contained rodent excreta 
and rodent hairs.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION: October 16, 1944. The sole intervenor having withdrawn its 
claim and answer, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered delivered to the National Zoological Park.