13867. Adulteration of corn meal and Sperry Kreata (wheat product). II. S. v. 
47 Sacks * * * (and 1 other seizure action). (F. D. C. No. 25030. 
Sample Nos. 30956-K, 30957-K.)
LIBELS FILED :   July 12, 1948, Southern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 18 and May 5,1948, from Lincoln, Nebr., 
and Ogden, Utah. 
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PRODUCT: 47 25-pound sacks of corn meal and 140 sacks of Sperry Kreata, a 
wheat product, at Los Angeles, Calif., in possession of General Mills, Inc., 
Sperry Division.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted in 
whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of rodent urine and 
rodent hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been held under insanitary con- 
ditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth. The articles 
were adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : July 30 and August 16,1948. General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division, 
of Minneapolis, Minn., having appeared as claimant for the wheat product and 
having consented to the entry of a decree, and no claimant having appeared for 
the corn meal, judgments of condemnation were entered. The wheat product 
was ordered released under bond for conversion into animal feed, under the 
supervision of the Federal Security Agency, and the corn meal was ordered 
destroyed.