6435. Adulteration of salt, sweet dough mix, corn meal, green split peas, whole
wheat grahanrfflour, rolled oats, and cake flour. U. S. v. IS Bags of Salt, 
8 Bags of, Sweet Dough Mix, 31 Bags of Corn Meal, 6 Bags of Green 
Split Peas, 9 Bags of Whole Wheat Graham Flour, 13 Bags of Rolled 
Oats, and 25 Bags of CaJke Flour. Consent decree of condemnation. 
Products ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 12238. Sample Nos. 
58783-F to 58791-F, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 21,1944, District of Columbia.
PRODUCT: 18 100-pound bags of salt, 8 100-pound bags of sweet dough mix, 
23 100-pound bags of yellow cream corn meal, 6 bags of green split peas, 
9 100-pound bags of whole wheat graham flour, 13 100-pound bags of rolled 
oats, 8 100-pound bags of white cream corn meal, and 25 100-pound bags of 
cake flour, at Washington, D. C, in possession of S. A. Gatti & Son.
The products had been stored under insanitary conditions. The premises 
were rodent infested and many of the bags had been cut by rodents and con- 
tained rodent pellets and urine stains. Examination of samples showed the 
presence of rodent excreta, rodent hairs, insect fragments, and urine.
sisted in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they 
had been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: May 10, 1944. Seraphin A. Gatti and Stephen A. Gatti, trading 
as S. A. Gatti & Son, claimants, having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the products were ordered released 
under bond to be converted into animal feed under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration.