8669. Adulteration of self-rising flour.    U. S. v. 244 Bags of Self-Rising Flour.
Default decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  D.  C.  No.  15117. 
Sample No. 413-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 30,1945, Southern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about November 17, 1944, from Greenville, Tex.
PRODUCT: 244 bags, each containing 10 pounds, of self-rising flour at Savannah, 
Ga., in the possession of the Berman-Swain Co. The product was stored 
under insanitary conditions after shipment. Urine stains were observed on the 
bags, and examination showed that the article was contaminated with rodent 
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.
DISPOSITION: February 27, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.