9038. Adulteration of popcorn.    TJ. S. v. 52 Bags of Popcorn.   Default decree of
condemnation.    Product ordered sold.     (F. D. C. No. 16190.    Sample No. 
24431-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   May 17, 1945, Eastern District of Louisiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 16, 1944, from Lake View, Iowa.
PRODUCT: 52 100-pound bags of popcorn at New Orleans, La., in the possession 
of the Commercial Terminal Warehouse Company, Inc. The product was 
stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The bags were rodent- 
gnawed, and rodent pellets were observed on them. Examination showed that 
the product contained rodent pellets, rodent hair fragments, and rodent- 
damaged kernels.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance; and. Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: November 9, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold on condition that 
it be denatured and disposed of for stock feed or used in the manufacture of 
alcohol.