7459. Adulteration of  sausage  binder.    XJ.   S.  v.  112 Bags  of  Sausage  Binder.
Consent decree of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. No. 13714.    Sample No. 89816-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   September 25,1944, Western District of Tennessee. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 7, 1944, from Faribault, Minn. 
PRODUCT:   112   140-pound bags of sausage binder at Memphis, Tenn., in the
possession of the Rose Warehouse Co.
The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.   Some
of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets were observed on them.
Examination showed that the article contained rodent excreta and rodent hair
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 contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION : October 9, 1944. The Griffith Laboratories, Chicago, Ill., claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned 
that the unfit portion be segregated and denatured for use as animal feed, 
under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.