7731. Adulteration of cone flour.    V. S. v. 640 Bags of Cone Flour.    Decree of
condemnation. Product ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 14965. 
Sample No. 60756-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 8,1945, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about November 13, 1944, from Portland, Oreg.
PRODUCT: 640 100-pound bags of cone flour at Emeryville, Calif., in the posses- 
sion of the Maryland Pacific Cone Co. This product was stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent 
pellets and urine stains were observed on them.   Examination showed that, the
. article contained rodent excreta and rodent urine.
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 18,1945. The Maryland Pacific Cone Co. having appeared 
as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered released under bond, conditioned that it be brought into compliance 
with the law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.