3640. Adulteration of sugar.    U. S. v. 250 Bags of Sugar.   Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product  ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 6817. 
Sample 79170-B.)
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment and 
when examined was found to be contaminated with rodent excreta and urine 
resulting from such storage conditions.
On March 7, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee filed a libel against 250 100-pound bags of sugar at Martel, Tenn., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
May 11, 1941, from New Orleans, La.; that it was in pbssession of the Armstrong 
Candy Manufacturing Co., Martel, Tenn.; 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 contami- 
nated with filth.   The article was labeled in part: "Godchaux's Pure Can Sugar."
On April 8, 1942, the Armstrong Candy Manufacturing Co., Martel, Tenn., 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be brought 
into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.   The product was returned to the refinery for re-refining.