9230. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 131 Bag's of Flour.    Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D. C. No. 18768. 
Sample No. 36694-H.)
LIBEL FILED:    January 9, 1946, Western District of Washington.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 10 and September IT, 1945, from Great 
Falls, Mont.
PRODUCT: 131 100-pound bags of flour at Seattle, Wash., in the possession of 
the HuUin Terminal Warehouse. The product was 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 contained rodent pellets.
NATURII 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 may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : January 30, 1946. The Montana Flour Mills Co., Great Falls, 
Mont., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to 
be converted into stock feed under the supervision of the Federal Security 
Agency.