10528. Adulteration of flour, rye meal, and corn meal.    IT. S. v. 125 Bags    *    *    *
(and 6 other seizure actions). (F. D. C. Nos. 18655, 18657 to 18660. incl., 
18709, 18710. Sample Nos. 3543-H, 3545-H to 3549-H, incl., 3551-H, 3553-H, 
3554-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   December 13, 14, and 29,1945, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of December 15,1944, and 
September 29, 1945, from Detroit, Mich., Clifton, N. J., New Ulm, Minn., Kan- 
kakee, Ill., and Seitzville, Pa.
PRODUCT: 365 100-pound bags of plain flour, 30 100-pound bags of whole wheat 
flour, 20 100-pound bags of corn flour, 5 100-pound bags of rye flour, 100 100- 
pound bags of corn meal, and 10 100-pound bags of rye meal at Baltimore, 
Md., in possession of the Terminal Warehouse Company." The products were 
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 products contained larvae, insects, rodent excreta, 
and 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 : On February 1 and 12,1946, Louis Rahal, Baltimore, Md., claimant 
for 214 bags of plain flour, and Louis Proietti, Baltimore, Md., claimant for 
125 bags of plain flour and 90 bags of corn meal, having consented to the entry 
of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were 
ordered released under bond to be denatured and relabeled for use as stock 
feed. On March 4, 1946, no claimant having appeared for the remainder of 
the products, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were 
ordered sold for use as stock feed.