10396. Adulteration of sugar.    TJ. S. v. 27 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 18921.
Sample No. 19733-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 29, 1946, Southern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 4 and 24, 1945, from Kocky Ford, 
Colo.
PRODUCT: 27 lOO-pound bags of sugar at Atlantic, Iowa, in the possession 
of the Atlantic Wholesale Grocery Co. The product was stored under in- 
sanitary 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 pellets.
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: August 7, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be delivered 
to a public institution to be used for purposes other than human consump- 
tion ; otherwise, it was to be destroyed.