19062. Adulteration of sugar.   U. S. v. 997 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 33302.
Sample No. 26624-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :    June 19, 1952, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about April 4,1952, from Cuba.
PRODUCT: 997 100-pound bags of sugar at Philadelphia, Pa., in the possession 
of the Heading 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 conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The product was 
adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: June 25, 1952. The Beading Co., Philadelphia, Pa., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond for the 
segregation and the re-refining of the unfit portion, under the supervision of 
the Federal Security Agency.   The entire lot was re-refined.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
BUTTER
The following cases report actions involving butter that consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy or decomposed substance, No. 19063; that was below the legal 
standard for milk fat content, Nos. 19064 and 19065; and that was short 
of the declared weight, No. 19065.