9437. Adulteration of self-rising and phosphated flour.    U. S. v. 142 Bags of Self-
Rising Flour and 1,598 Bags of Phosphated Flour. Consent decree of 
condemnation.    Products  ordered  released under  bond.     (F.  D.   C.  No.
19229.    Sample Nos. 1622-H, 1623-H, 1714-H.)
phosphated flour at Atlanta, Ga., in the possession of the Ballard and Ballard 
Co., Inc., Warehouse. The products were stored under insanitary conditions 
- after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent urine was 
observed on them. Examination showed that the products were contaminated 
with rodent 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 con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: March 15, 1946. The Ballard and Ballard Co., Inc., Louisville, 
Ky., claim ants having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the products were ordered released under bond, 
conditioned that the unfit portion be segregated and converted into stock feed, 
under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.