6221. Adulteration of flour.    V.-S. v. 18 Bags of Flour.   Decree of condemnation.
Product ordered sold to toe denatured and used for hog feed.     (F. D. C.
No. 11642.    Sample Nos. 37378-F, 37394-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 17,1944, Middle District of Pennsylvania. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 11,1943, from Buffalo, N. Y. 
PRODUCT: 18 100-pound bags of flour at Chambersburg, Pa., in possession of the 
Lakeview Milling Co., Inc. 
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The flour was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The ware- 
house was infested with rodents, and rodent pellets and urine stains were noted 
on the bags. Samples of the flour were found to be contaminated with rodent 
urine.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy -substance by reason of 'the presence of rodent pellets 
and rodent urine; and Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : February 14,1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered sold to be denatured and 
used for hog feed.