8661. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 81 Bags of Flour.   Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 15114.    Sample No. 412-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   January 30,1945, Southern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 5,1944, from Greenville, Tex.
PRODUCT: 81 100-pound bags of flour at Savannah, Ga., in the possession of 
the International Milling Co. The flour was stored under insanitary condi- 
tions after shipment. The bags had been rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets 
and urine stains were observed on them. Examination of the article showed 
that it was contaminated with rodent urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: 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 might have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : February 26, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.