6033. Adulteration of phosphated flour.     U.  S. v.  57 Bags  of Flour.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 12889. Sample 
No. 61784-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 6,1944, Eastern District of Louisiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 8,1943, from Dallas, Tex.
PRODUCT:   Flour, 57 bags, each containing 48 pounds, at New Orleans, La., in
the possession of J. S. Fraering, Inc. 
This product had been stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions.
The bags had been gnawed by rodents, and examination disclosed the presence
in the product of rodent excreta, rodent hairs, insects, larvae, pupae, and insect
fragments.        -
VIOLATIONS CHARGED : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held 
under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with 
filth.
DISPOSITION: August 25, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.