6873. Adulteration of dextrose sugar.   U. S. v. 238 Bags of Dextrose Sugar.   De¬
cree of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D. C.
No. 12470.   Sample No. 60050-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    May 31, 1944, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about December 24, 1943, and February 21,, 1944, 
from Kansas City, Mo.
PRODUCT: 238 100-pound bags of dextrose sugar at San Francisco, Calif., in 
possession of the Central Warehouse and Drayage Co.
The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some 
of the bags had been chewed by rodents and contained rodent pellets and 
urine stains. Examination of samples showed that the product contained ro- 
dent excreta, rodent hairs, and brown-stained lumps with rodent hairs and 
pellets embedded in them.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product con- 
sisted 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 contam- 
inated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 7, 1944. Central Warehouse and Drayage Co. having ap- 
peared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond, to be brought into compliance with the law 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. The unfit por- 
tion was subsequently segregated and destroyed.