9237. Adulteration of durum flour.    U. S. v. 50 Bags of Durum Flour.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 18856. Sample No. 
59708-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   January 15, 1946, Western District of Pennsylvania.
session of La Premiata Macaroni Corporation. The article was stored under 
insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, 
and rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on them. Examination 
showed that the product contained rodent hair fragments.
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: March 6, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.