8318. Adulteration of pancake flour, pastry flour, self-rising flour, plain flour,
and spaghetti. TJ. S. v. 70 Cases of Pancake Flour, etc. Default decree 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 14792 to 14795, incl. 
Sample Nos. 96885-F to 96890-F, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about December 28,1944, Southern District of Mississippi.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of October 23,1943, and May 
28,1944, from Memphis, Tenn., St. Joseph, Mo., Enid, Okla., Mascoutah, Ill., and 
Omaha, Nebr.
PRODUCT: 70 cases, each containing 24 l^-pound packages of pancake flour; 26 
lOO-pound bags of pastry flour; 110 100-pound bags of plain flour or pastry 
flour; 78 25-pound bags of self-rising flour; 120 25-pound bags of plain flour; 
approximately 10 tons gross of various types of flour in 10 to 100 pound bags; and 
30 cases, each containing 48 packages, of spaghetti, at Vicksburg, Miss., in the 
possession of the Vicksburg Candy Co. These products were stored after ship- 
ment, under insanitary conditions in that the establishment was heavily infested 
with rodents and insects. Examination showed that the products contained 
beetles, larvae, weevils, cast skins, insect fragments, and excreta.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 4021 (a) (4). they had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby they might have become contaminated 
with filth.
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