9243. Adulteration of self-rising flour and plain flour.   17. S. v. 348 Bags of Self-
Rising Flour (and 1 other seizure action against self-rising flour and 
plain flour). Default decrees of condemnation. Products ordered deliv- 
ered to a Federal institution for use as animal feed. (F. D. C. Nos. 18648, 
18649.   Sample Nos. 1608-H to 1612-H, incl.)
LIBELS FILED :    On or about January 4, 1946, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    Between the approximate dates of June 4 and September 25,
1945, from Springfield, Mo., and Memphis, Tenn.
PRODUCT: 26 50-pound bags, 752 10-pound bags, and 95 25-pound bags of self- 
rising flour, and 334 25-pound bags of plain flour at Rome, Ga., in the posses- 
sion of the Simpson Grocery Co. The products were stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. So^pie of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and urine 
stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the products had 
been contaminated with urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 4, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered, and the products were ordered delivered to a Federal 
institution, for use as animal feed.