9758. Adulteration of  dry lima bKans.    U.  S.  v.  31  Bag's  of Dry Lima BKans.
Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to a State 
institution, to be used for animal feed. (F. D. C. No. 16927. Sample No. 
24379-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   July 26,1945, Middle District of Alabama.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 3, 1945, from Irvine, Calif.
PRODUCT: 31 100-pound bags of dry lima beans at Andalusia, Ala., in the 
possession of the Sessoms Grocery Co. The product was stored under in- 
sanitary 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 excreta and rodent hairs.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product 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 con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: October 26, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a State 
institution, to be converted into animal feed under the supervision of the 
United States marshal.