8324. Adulteration of whole wheat flour.    IT. S. v. 32 Bags of Whole Wheat Flour.
Default  decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  D.  C.  No.  15080. 
Sample No. 11102-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 22, 1945, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about January 18, 1944, from Chambersburg, Pa.
PRODUCT: 32 bags, each containing 100 pounds, of whole wheat flour at Water- 
- town, Mass., in the possession of the Gold'n Foods, Inc. This product was 
stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The bags were rodent- 
gnawed, and rodent pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Exam- 
ination showed that the article contained larvae and rodent urine.
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 12, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.