9254. Adulteration of popcorn.   U. S. v. 18 Bags of Popcorn.   Default decree or¬
dering product destroyed or disposed of as animal feed.    (F. D. C. No.
18837.   Sample No. 51016-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 10, 1946, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about September 25 and 27,1945, from Schaller, Iowa.
PRODUCT: 18 100-pound bags of popcorn at St. Paul, Minn., in the possession 
of Red Dot Foods. The product was stored under insanitary conditions after 
shipment. Rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on the bags, and 
examination disclosed that the product contained rodent excreta 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: April 5, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment was en- 
tered ordering that the product be destroyed unless converted into stock feed, 
*and disposed of as such, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration.