8358. Adulteration of sugar.    TJ. S. v. 203 Bags of Sugar.    Consent decree of
condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D. C. No. 14128. 
Sample No. 79762-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about October 30, 1944, Southern District of West Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 18, 1943,  from Jacksonville,  Fla.
PRODUCT: 203 100-pound bags of sugar at Bluefield, W. Va., in the possession 
of Southern Maid, Inc. The bags containing the sugar were rodent-gnawed, 
and rodent pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Examination 
showed that the product contained rodent pellets, and that it was con- 
taminated with 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 might have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: Southern Maid, Inc., claimant, having filed an answer admitting 
that the product was adulterated but denying that it had been held under in- 
sanitary conditions, consented to the entry of a decree. On January 13, 1945, 
the court having made its finding that the product was adulterated, but having 
made no finding with respect to the allegation that it had been held under insan- 
itary conditions, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered released under bond to be refined under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
BUTTER
The following cases report actions involving butter that consisted in whole or 
in part of filthy or decomposed substances, Nos. 8359to8361; that was below 
the legal standard for milk fat content, Nos. 8361 to 8364; and that was short 
of the declared weight, Nos. 8365 to 8367.