7009. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 37 Bag's of Flour.    Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 13210. 
Sample No. 79497-F.)
LIBEL FILED:   August 10, 1944, Southern District of West Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about May 25, 1944, from Springfield, Ill.
PRODUCT:   37' 100-pound bags of flour at Charleston, W. Va., in possession of
Charleston Food Products Co.
The flour was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.   The bags
were rodent-gnawed,  and rodent pellets and urine  stains   were   observed.
Examination showed that the article contained larvae, insect'fragments, and
rodent hair 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: August 23, 1944. Fred F. French, Charleston, W. Va., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be manufactured 
into hog feed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.