8125. Adulteration of corn flour.   TJ. S. v. 75 Bags of Corn Flour.   Default decree
of condemnation.    Unfit portion ordered destroyed;  remainder  ordered 
sold.     (F. D. C. No. 16226.    Sample No. 32330-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 21, 1945, Southern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about January 2, 1945, from Decatur, Ill.
PRODUCT: 75 100-pound bags of corn flour at Los Angeles, Calif., in the posses- 
sion of the Overland Terminal Warehouse. The product was stored under 
insanitary conditions after shipment.   Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed,
and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the prod- 
uct contained rodent excreta and 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 contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION: July 20, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and it was ordered that the unfit portion of the flour 
be destroyed and the remainder sold.