9619. Adulteration of corn meal.    U. S. v. 850 Bags, 350 Bags, and 850 Bags of
Corn Meal  (and 2 other seizure actions against corn meal).    Consent 
decrees of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 16971, 17763, 18347.    Sample Nos. 22783-H, 23778-H, 52510-H.)
LIBELS FILED:   August 2, October 8, and November 5, 1945, Eastern District of
Texas and Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   Between the approximate dates of June 16 and October 6,
1945, by the Staley Milling Co., Kansas City and North Kansas City, Mo. 
PRODUCT:    Corn meal.   850  25-pound bags, 350  10-pound bags, and 850   5-pound
bags at Tyler, Tex.; 175  100-pound bags at Paducah, Ky.; and 2,000   10-pound
bags and 1,600  25-pound bags at Ashland, Ky. 
LABEL IN PART:    "Staley's 4 Bells [or "Old Fashion White"] Cream Corn Meal."
NATURE OE CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
excreta, rodent excreta fragments, rodent hair fragments, beetles, and larvae.
DISPOSITION : August 29, November 19, and December 13, 1945. Howard Dodd 
Co., Tyler, Tex., claimant for the Tyler lot, Edwin C. Hawkins, Paducah, Ky., 
claimant for the Paducah lot, and the Staley Milling Co., claimant for the 
Ashland lot, having consented to the entry of the respective decrees, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered released under 
bond to be converted into animal feed, under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.