2128. Adulteration of  flour.    TJ.   S.   v.   56   Sacks  of  Flour.    Default   decree   of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 5165.    Sample No. 53168-E.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and when examined 
was found to contain rodent excreta and other evidence of rat infestation. The 
place in which it had been stored subsequent to shipment was rat-infested.
On July 15, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California filed a libel against 56 98-pound sacks of flour at Los Angeles, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 
30, 1941, by the Royal Milling Co. from Great Falls, Mont.; and charging that it 
was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: (Sacks) "Diamond High 
Gluten Montana Flour."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy substance; and in that it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On August 18, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.