7393. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 20 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 11842.    Sample No. 29996-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 18, 1944, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about May 21, 1943, from Portland, Oreg.
PRODUCT: 20 98-pound bags of flour at San Francisco, Calif., in the possession 
of the Workman Packing Co.
The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The 
bags had been chewed by rodents, and examination of samples showed that 
the flour contained rodent hairs, larvae, insect excreta, and webbing.
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: May 20, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.