6848. Adulteration of pearl barley.    U. S. v. 17 Bags of Fearl Barley.    Default
decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to the National 
Zoological Park.    (F. D. C. No. 13607.    Sample No. 92819-F.)
' This product had been stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. 
A number of the bags had been tunneled by rodents, and rodent excreta and 
urine stains were observed on the bags. Examination showed that the article 
contained rodent excreta. 
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: October 6, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to the 
National Zoological Park, for its use only and not for sale.