2625. Adulteration of corn meal.   TJ. S. v. 831 Bags of Corn Meal.    Consent decree
of condemnation. Product ordered released tinder bond to be converted 
into livestock feed. (F. D. C. Nos. 5811, 5812. Sample Nos. 79001-E to 
79005-E, incl.)
Examination showed that this product contained rodent excreta.
On September 20, 1941,.the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Kentucky filed libels against 433 25-pound bags, 88 24-pound bags, and 270 
10-pound bags of corn meal at Ashland, and 40 25-pound bags of corn meal at 
Olive Hill, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about August 
30 and September 9 and 10, 1941, by Scioto Farm Bureau Cooperative Associa- 
tion from L/ucasville, Ohio; and charging that It was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy substance. The article was labeled in part: 
(Bags) "Ballard's Cream Meal Bolted * * * Manufactured For and Dis- 
tributed By Ballard & Ballard Co. Incorporated   Louisville, Ky."
On October 24, 1941, Scioto Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were 
entered and the product was ordered released tinder bond to be converted into 
livestock feed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.