8248. Adulteration of lima beans, rice, and pinto bKans.    IT. S. v. 45 Bags of
Lima Beans, 13 Bags of Bice, 11 Bags of Pinto Beans, and 25 Bags of 
Baby Lima BKans. Decree of condemnation. Products ordered released 
under bond. (F. D. C. No. 15931. Sample Nos. 20221-H, 2022,3-H to 20225-H, 
incl., 20251-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about April 24,1945, Western District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of September 2 and No- 
vember 23, 1944, from DeWitt, Ark., Fort Morgan, Colo., Oxford, Calif., 
and Tarke, Calif.
PRODUCT: 45 lOO-pound bags of lima beans, 13 TO-pound bags of rice, 11 
lb-pound bags of pinto beans, and 25 lOO-pound bags of baby lima beans at 
Kansas City, Mo., in the possession of the Consumers Mill Product Co. The 
products were stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and urine stains were observed on them. Examina- 
tion showed that the rice and 1 lot of lima beans contained rodent excreta 
and rodent hairs, and that the pinto beans and the other lot of limas were 
contaminated with urine and contained rodent hairs.
VIOLATION'S CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products con- 
sisted in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they 
had been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : June 12,1945. The Consumers Mill Product Co. having appeared 
as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the products were 
ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. The products 
were converted into animal feed.