8431. Adulteration of cranberry bKans.     U.  S. v. 25 Bags  of Cranberry BKans.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 15092. 
Sample No. 501-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 25, 1945, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about October 21, 1943, from Grand Rapids, Mich.
PRODUCT: 25 100-pound bags of cranberry beans at Atlanta, Ga., in the posses- 
sion of the Atlantic Company Coldstorage. This product had been stored under 
insanitary conditions after shipment. The bags were rodent-gnawed, and 
rodent pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed 
that the product contained 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 might have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : April 20, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.