8663. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 53 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.   Product ordered delivered to a public institution.    (F. D. C.
No. 15257.   Sample No. 434-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 12,1945, Middle District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about October 24, 1944, from Evansville, Ind.
PRODUCT: 52 25-pound bags of flour at Cairo, Ga., in the possession of the 
H. V. Kell Co. This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after 
shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets and 
urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the product 
was contaminated with urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: 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. 
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DISPOSITION: March 20, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a public 
institution, for use as animal feed.