7525. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 115 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.    Product   ordered   sold.    (F.   D.   C.   No.   13701.    Sample   No. 
89817-F.)
LIBEL FILED:   September 20,1944, Western District of Tennessee. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about July 28, 1944, from Chicago, Ill.
This product was stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. The 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets "we're observed on the bags. Ex- 
amination showed that the product contained larvae, cast skins, and rodent 
excreta pellet fragments.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product con- 
sisted 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 con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 29, 1944, No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold, under the direc- 
tion of the Federal Security Agency., to be denatured so that it could not be 
disposed of for human consumption.