9651. Adulteration of self-rising flour and phosphated flour.    U. S. v. 195 Bags
of Self-Rising Flour and 90 Bags of Phosphated Flour.    Default decree 
of condemnation.    Products ordered delivered to a public institution.
(F. D. C. No. 16883.   Sample Nos. 24495-H, 24632-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about August 13, 1945, Southern District of Alabama.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 15, 1945, from Memphis, Tenn., by the 
Pillsbury Flour Mills Co.
PRODUCT: 195 25-pound bags of self-rising flour and 90 25-pound bags of 
phosphated flour at Mobile, Ala., in the possession of the Campbell Grocery Co. 
The phosphated flour was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. 
Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent excreta and urine stains were 
observed on them.   Both lots of the flour contained weevils and larvae.
LABEL IN PART :   "Pillsbury's Best."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), both lots of the article 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
the phosphated flour had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it 
may have become contaminated with filth. 
DISPOSITION : October 29,1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the products were ordered delivered to a public 
institution, for use as stock feed.