17503. Action to enjoin and restrain the interstate shipment of adulterated corn 
meal and flour. U. S. v. Star Milling Co. and Urey W. Patrick and 
Dempsey W. Ringo.   Injunction granted.    (Inj. No. 105.)
COMPLAINT PILED:   August 1, 1945, Western District of Kentucky, against the 
, Star Milling Co., a corporation, Clinton, Ky., and Urey W. Patrick, president 
and secretary, and Dempsey W. Kingo, vice president, of the corporation.
NATURE OF CHARGE :   That the defendants had been and were at the time intro- 
> during and causing to be introduced, and delivering and causing to be deliv- 
ered, for introduction into interstate commerce, at Clinton, Ky., corn meal 
and flour which were adulterated under Section 402  (a)   (3), in that they 
consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances and were otherwise unfit 
for food; and, Section 402 (a)  (4), in that they had been prepared, packed, 
and held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become con- 
taminated with filth. 
r    The complaint alleged further that inspections of the plant disclosed the 
existence of insanitary conditions and the presence of rodent excreta, and 
' other foreign matter, and filthy, unwholesome substances in and around the
place of manufacture, in and around the raw materials and substances from 
which the products were manufactured, and in and around and adjacent to 
the place where the products were packed for shipment.
The complaint alleged further that the defendants had been warned to 
remedy the defects and insanitary conditions, but had failed to do so; that, on 
information and belief, the defendants would continue shipping adulterated 
foods in interstate commerce unless restrained from so doing, and prayed 
that they be perpetually enjoined from the commission of such acts; and that 
a preliminary injunction be granted during the pendency of the action. 
DISPOSITION: On August 9, 1945, the matter was heard before the court. A 
temporary injunction was issued enjoining the defendants from shipping any 
adulterated food or food products in interstate commerce, and temporarily 
enjoining them from shipping any corn meal or flour manufactured at the 
time or on hand. On November 19, 1945, the temporary injunction was set 
aside and dissolved, and the court entered a decree permanently enjoining the 
defendant from introducing, delivering, or causing to be introduced or deliv- 
ered for introduction into interstate commerce, any corn meal or flour manu- 
factured or on hand prior to October 21, 1945, the date on which the premises 
of the defendant were decontaminated.