5437. Adulteration of rye meal.    V. S. v. 6 Bag's of Rye Meal. ' Decree of con¬
demnation. Product ordered released under bond for denaturing: and 
use as animal feed.    (F. D. C. No. 10798.    Sample No. 53406-F.)
On September 20, 1943, the United States-attorney for the Southern District 
of West Virginia filed a libel against 6 bags of rye meal at Charleston, W. Va., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
July 8, 1943, by the Bay State Milling Co. from Winona, Minn.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances 
by reason of the presence therein of larvae, insect fragments, rodent hair frag- 
ments, and rodent excreta fragments. The article was labeled in part: "Wingold 
Rye Meal."
On September 28, 1943, the Bay State Milling Co. of Winona, Minn., and the 
Elk Storage Warehouse Co. of Charleston, W. Va., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond for denaturing under the supervision of the 
Food and Drug, Administration, and disposition as animal feed.     • ,