6844. Adulteration of cracked wheat flour.    U. S. v. 19 Bags of Cracked Wheat
Flour. Product ordered destroyed. (P. D. C. No. 13280. Sample No. 
68072-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    August 24, 1944, Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about June 20, 1944, from Winona, Minn.   «•
PRODUCT: Cracked wheat flour: 19 bags, each containing 100 pounds, at Mari- 
etta, Ohio, in the possession of the Richardson Baking Co.
This product had been stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. 
Some of the bags had been rodent-cut, and rodent excreta was observed on 
the bags. Examination disclosed the presence of rodent hair fragments, 
rodent excreta, larvae, and insect fragments in the product.
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 29, 1944. No claimant having appeared, the product 
was ordered destroyed.