8127. Adulteration of pastry flour, phosphated flour, and plain flour.    U. S. v.
57 Bags of Plain Flour, 250 Bags of Cake Flour, and 180 Bags of Phos- 
phated Flour. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered re- 
leased under bond. (F. D. C. No. 16272. Sample Nos. 22055-H to 22058-H, 
incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 12, 1945, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of November 17, 1944, and 
April 15, 1945, from Springfield, Ill., and Enid, Okla.
PRODUCT: 57 100-pound bags of plain flour, 250 100-pound bags of cake flour, 
and 72 100-pound bags and 108 50-pound bags of phosphated flour at Mem- 
phis, Tenn., in the possession of the Pillsbury Mills, Inc. The products were 
stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were 
rodent-gnawed, and rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on them. 
Examination showed that the flour was contaminated with urine.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : July 18,1945. Pillsbury Mills, Inc., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the products 
were ordered released under bond, conditioned that the fit portions be segre- 
gated from the unfit portions and the latter converted into animal feed or 
destroyed under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.