5276. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 19 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered denatured and sold for hog feed.    CF. D. C.
No. 10169.   Sample No. 56505-F.)
Thta product was stored, under insanitary conditions. Mouse pellets were 
found on and around the

bags. All the bags were rodent-gnawed or had been 
tunneled by mice, and mostof the bags contained urine stains.
On June 29, 1943, the United States attorney for the Middle District Of Penn- 
sylvania filed a libel against 19 bags of flour at Scranton, Pa., in possession of 
the Scranton Baker Supply Co., alleging that the article had been shipped in in- 
terstate commerce on or about April 2, 1943, by the Chas. A. Krause Milling Co. 
from Milwaukee, Wis.;.and charging that it was adulterated in,that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of filthy substances, rodent excreta and rodent hairs, 
and in that it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have 
become contaminated with filth. The article was labeled in part: "Krause Short- 
N-Rich Flour."
On August 23, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. On September 16, 1943, 
the order of destruction was amended to provide that the product be denatured 
and sold as hog feed.