3588. Adulteration of bKans.   XJ. £. v. 228 Bags of BKans.   Consent decree order-
ins product released under bond for segregation and destruction of unfit
portion.    (F. D. C. No. 4731.   Sample No. 43419-E.)
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment; and 
when examined it contained rodent excreta, and some of the sacks were torn and 
gnawed by rats and contained an accumulation of rat pellets and bird droppings.
On or about May 17, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri filed a libel against 228100-pound bags of beans at Kansas City, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about November 18, 1940, from 
Morrill, Nebr., that it was in possession of the consignee, John J. Meier & Co., 
Kansas City, Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in 
whole 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. The libel 
alleged further that the Adulteration ofcurred at destruction in the warehouse of 
the consignee.
On June 18, 1941, John J. Meier & Co., Kansas City, Mo., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment was entered ordering that the 
product be released under bond for segregation of the unfit portion under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, and that it be destroyed by 
the United States marshal.
POULTRY