7281. Adulteration of raisins and Lacdex (baking ingredients).    U. S. v. 8 Bags
of Lacdex and 14 Gases  of Raisins.    Default  decree  of condemnation ,< 
and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 13726.    Sample Nos. 68492-F, 68493-F.) I
LIBEL FILED :    September 23, 1944, Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   From on or about November 8, 1943, to May 22, 1944, from
Chicago and Rock Island, Ill. 
PRODUCT:   8 bags of Lacdex blend of defatted soya flour, corn dextrine, malted
wheat flour, and rye flour dextrine, and 14 cases of raisins, at Cincinnati, Ohio,
in possession of the Federal Bake Shops, Inc. 
The products were stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.   The
storage premises were rodent-infested and insect-infested, and rodent pellets
and weevils were observed on and around both lots.   Examination disclosed that
both products contained weevils and larvae.   In addition, the Lacdex contained
cast skins, and the raisins contained rodent hairs.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: November 6, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the products were ordered destroyed.