10762. Adulteration of sugar.    TJ. S. v. 27 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 18512.
Sample No. 21943-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 3,1945, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 10 and September 29, 1945, from 
Sterling, La.
PRODUCT: 27 100-pound bags of sugar at Memphis, Tenn., in possession of 
Memphis Ice Cream Co. The product was stored under insanitary conditions 
after shipment. Rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on the bags, 
and examination showed that the product contained rodent excreta and urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product 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 contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 1, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold to the highest 
bidder to be denatured for use other than human consumption, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
BUTTER
The following cases report actions involving butter that consisted in whole or 
in part of filthy or decomposed substances, Nos. 10763 to 10766 and 10771; 
and that was below the standard for milk fat content, Nos. 10767 to 10770.