7724. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 524 Bags of Flour.     Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 15066. 
Sample No. 6481-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about January 24, 1945, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about October 10,1944, from Staunton, Va.
PRODUCT: 524 100-pound bags of flour at New Market, N. J., in the possession 
of the Middlesex Feed and Machinery Co. The product was stored under 
insanitary conditions after shipment. The bags were rodent-gnawed, and 
rodent pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Examination snowed 
that the article contained 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: January 31, 1945. Thomas R. Van Boskerck and Irwin Rappa- 
port, doing business as George W. Van Boskerck & Son, New York, N. T., having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that it be dena- 
tured for industrial use under the supervision of the Food and Drug Adminis- 
tration.