19061. Adulteration of sugar.   U. S. v. 1,000 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 33300.
Sample No. 26623-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 19, 1952, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about April 21, 1952, from Cuba.
PRODUCT: 1,000 100-pound bags of sugar at Philadelphia, Pa., in the posses- 
sion of the Pennsylvania Warehouse & Safe Deposit Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The product 
was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : July 10 and October 28, 1952. Olavarria & Co., Inc., N'ew York, 
N. Y., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of
condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be re- 
leased under, bond for segregation and re-refining of the unfit portion, under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. The segregation 
operations resulted in the salvaging of 713 bags of sugar which was fit for 
human consumption. The remaining 287 bags of sugar were re-refined for 
use in animal feed.