9413. Adulteration ©f corn meal.    U. S. v. 240 Bags of Corn Meal (and 2 other
seizure actions against corn meal). Default decrees of condemnation. 
Product ordered sold or destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 18390, 18391, 18418. 
Sample Nos. 52588-H, 52589-H^ 52593-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   November 15 and 21, 1945, Eastern District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about October 29 and November 1 and 5, 1945, by
the Oadick Milling Co., from Grand View, Ind. 
PRODUCT:    Corn Meal.  -210   24-pound bags and 30    10-pound bags at Combs,
Ky., and 323   25-pound bags and 319   10-pound bags at Harlan, Ky.
LABEL IN PART :    "Cadicks   Old Style   Unbolted Corn Meal."
NATURE .OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part»of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
excreta and rodent excreta fragments.
DISPOSITION: January 11, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered sold of destroyed. 
The decrees provided that if the product were sold the purchaser was,to 
execute a bond, conditioned upon converting the corn meal into stock feed; 
or that the corn meal be denatured under the supervision of the Federal 
Security Agency before delivery to the purchaser. The lot at'Combs was 
sold, and the 2 lots at Harlan were destroyed because of failure to find a 
purchaser.