21606. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 41 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 36707.
Sample No. 85831-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   March 31,1954, Western District of Texas. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about February 12,1954, from Liberal, Kans. 
PRODUCT:   41   100-pound bags of flour at El Paso, Tex., in possession of the 
Tidwell Fuel and Feed Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been held under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The -article 
was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: May 15, 1954. Default decree of condemnation. The court or- 
dered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution, for use as animal 
feed.