6044. Adulteration of pie flour.    US. v. 21 Bags of Pie Flour.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   D.   C.   No.   12931.     Sample   No 
68047-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 13,1944, Southern District of Indiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about'December 29, 1943, from Chicago, Ill.
The flour was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Sqme of 
the bags had been gnawed by rodents and contained rodent excreta and urine 
stains. Examination of a sample showed that the product contained rodent 
excreta, rodent hairs, weevils, larvae, 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: September 12, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.