5623. Adulteration of mixed wheat and corn flour.    U. S. v. 11 Bags of Flour.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 11088. 
Sample No. 28063--F.) 
This product was stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. The 
bags had been gnawed by rodents, arid rodent pellets and urine stains were 
found on.all bags. Examination of samples showed that the product contained 
rodent excreta, and confirmed the presence of urine.
On November 8, 1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia filed a libel against 11 bags, each "containing 100 pounds, of flour 
at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 5 
and April 28, 1943, from Milwaukee,: Wis., and was in the possession of the 
Brown-Rogers-Dixson Co., Atlanta, Ga.; 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 contam- 
inated with filth.   ' 
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On December 21,. 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.