6457. Adulteration of cane sugar.    V. S. v. 1,894 Bags  of Sugar   (and 3 other
seizure   actions   against   sugar.)    Decrees   of   condemnation.    Product 
ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. Nos. 11813, 11945, 11982, 12039.
Sample Nos. 61014-F, 61178-F, 61466-F, 61467-F.)
LIBELS FILED: Between February 14 and March 18, 1944,, Eastern District of 
Louisiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : The article arrived at New Orleans, La., from on or about 
October 17. to 23,1942, having been shipped from Havana, Cuba.
PRODUCT: 8,003 100-pound bags of cane sugar at New Orleans, La., in posses- 
sion of the Douglas Shipside Storage Corp.
The sugar had been stored under unsanitary conditions after shipment. 
Examination of samples showed that the product contained rodent excreta, 
rodent urine, rodent hairs, insects, insect fragments, and larvae. In addition, 
some of the bags in one lot were water-damaged and contained dirty sugar.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 23,1944. The cases having been consolidated and Olavarria 
& Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the 
libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered re- 
leased under bond for re-refining under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS SACCHARINE PRODUCTS