11172. Adulteration of sugar.    U. S. v. 250 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 19457.
Sample No. 1632-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 27,1946, Southern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about October 4,1946, from Columbia, S. C.
PRODUCT: 250 100-pound bags of sugar at Augusta, Ga., in possession of the 
City Bonded Warehouse. 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 
contained rodent excreta, rodent hairs, and 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: April 19, 1946. The Double Cola Bottling Co. having appeared 
as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was or- 
dered released under bond to be reprocessed under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration, so that it could be brought into compliance with 
the law.