7478. Adulteration of corn sugar.    U. S. v. 500 Bags and 333 Bags of Corn Sugar.
Consent decrees of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. Nos. 13053, 13054.    Sample Nos. 72068-F, 72069-F.)
LIBEL FILED:   August 2, 1944, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about November 19 and December 20, 1943, from
Roby, Ind., and Chicago, Ill. 
PRODUCT:   833 bags, each containing 100 pounds, of corn sugar at Memphis,
Tenn., in the possession of the Poston Warehouse.
The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets were noted on the bags and in the 
product. Examination of samples disclosed the presence of rodent excreta and/ 
rodent hairs. 
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: August 24 and 25, 1944. The American Maize Products Co., 
claimant for the 333-bag lot, and Swift & Co., claimant for the 500-bag lot, 
having admitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that, 
in the case of the former lot, the unfit portion be re-refined, and that, in the 
case of the latter lot, it be destroyed. On September 13, 1944, on motion 
of the claimant for the 333-bag lot, an amended decree was entered ordering 
the unfit portion destroyed; and on October 7, 1944, an amended decree was 
entered with respect to the 500-bag lot, ordering the segregated unfit portion 
disposed of as livestock and cattle feed.