6219. Adulteration of flour.    IT. S. v. 40 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered sold for use as animal feed.    (F. D. C. No.
11822.    Sample No. 58819-F.)
LIBEL FILED :    February 15,1944, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 20, 1943, from Cherryvale, Kans.
PRODUCT: 40 lOO-pound bags of flour at Brooklandville, Md., in possession of 
Standard Foods, Inc.
The flour was stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. The bags 
had been damaged by rodents and the flour contaminated with rodent excreta, 
rodent hairs, and urine.
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 : February 25,1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered sold for use as animal feed.