8822. Adulteration of phosphated flour.   U. S. v. 58 Bags of Flour.   Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 15771.   Sample No. 622-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   April 5, 1945, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 26 and October 18, 1944, from Fort 
Worth, Tex.
PRODUCT: 58 50-pound bags of flour at Atlanta, Ga., in the possession of the 
Monroe Bonded Warehouse. The product was stored under insanitary condi- 
tions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent 
excreta and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the 
product had been contaminated with urine, and that it contained rodent excreta 
pellets.
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: May 14, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.