6819. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 31 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered sold for use as animal feed.     (F. D. C. No.
13343.   Sample No. 58979-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    August 12, 1944, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about February 25, 1944, from Akron, Ohio.
PRODUCT:    Flour:    31 bags, each containing 100 pounds, at Baltimore, Md., in
the possession of B. Green and Co., Inc.
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.
The bags had been gnawed by rodents and contained urine stains and rodent
pellets.    Examination showed that the product contained rodent hairs, beetles,
larvae, cast skins, 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 may have become contaminated
with filth. 
DISPOSITION;    September 21, 1944.    No claimant having appeared, judgment
of condemnation was entered and the marshal was ordered to sell the product
to a feed dealer, for use as animal feed.