9376. Adulteration of peanuts.   IT. S. v. 14 Bags of Peanuts.   Default decree order¬
ing product disposed of for animal feed.    (F. D. C. No. 18862.    Sample No. 
47434-H.)
session of the W. H. Bintz Co. The product was stored under insanitary con- 
ditions after shipment. The bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent excreta and 
urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the product 
contained rodent excreta.
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 
stored under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 1, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment was en- 
tered finding the product adulterated as alleged and ordering that it be fed 
to animals, under the custody or direction of the United States marshal.