9436. Adulteration of self-rising flour.    U. S. v. 201 Bags of Self-Rising Flour.
Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to a public 
institution.     (F. D. C. No. 18502.    Sample No. 497-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 27, 1945, Middle District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about September 28, 1945, from Louisville, Ky.
PRODUCT: 201 25-pound bags of- self-rising flour at Coljimbus, Ga., in the 
possession of the King Grocery Co. 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 was contaminated with 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 : January 3, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a public, 
institution, for use as stock feed.