7523. Adulteration of flour.    IT. S. v. 70 Bags and 20 Bags of Flour.    Default de¬
crees   of   condemnation   and  destruction.     (F.   D.   C.   Nos.   14185,   14186. 
Sample Nos. 59899-F, 59900-F.)
LIBELS FILED:   November 16 and 20,1944, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : January 25,1943, and August 24,1944, from St. Louis, Mo., 
and Glencoe, Minn.
PRODUCT: 70 100-pound bags and 20 98-pound bags of flour at Chicago, Ill., 
in the possession of the North West Warehouse.
This product was stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. Some 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets and urine stains were observed on 
the bags. Examination showed that the product contained rodent excreta and 
urine, and that a portion also contained weevils and larvae.
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 : January 8 and 17,1945. - No claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.