9233. Adulteration of plain flour and pastry flour.    V. S. v. 308 Bass of Plain
Flour and 649 Bass of Pastry Flour. Consent decree of condemnation. 
Product ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 18968. Sample Nos. 
12385-H, 12386-H, 12388-H to 12393-H, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 11,1946, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of May 14 and October 
26,1945, from Hammond, Ind., Buffalo and East Buffalo, N. Y., Spokane, Wash., 
'    and Louisville, Ky.
PRODUCT: 308 100-pound bags of plain flour and 649 100-pound bags of pastry 
flour at New Bedford, Mass., in the possession of the General Mills, Inc. The 
product was 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 product contained rodent excreta, 
rodent hairs, and urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article 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: March 4, 1946. The General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that
it be denatured with fish oil and converted into stock feed, under the super- 
vision of the Federal Security Agency.