9819. Adulteration of flour.    TJ. S. v. 437 Bags of Flour.    Decree of condemnation.
Product ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 19845. Sample No. 
53009-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    May 10,1946, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about September 13, 1945, from Louisville, Ky.
PRODUCT: 437 lOO-pound bags of flour at Sandusky, Ohio, in the possession of 
Hoenshel Fine Foods, Inc. The product was stored under insanitary conditions 
after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets and 
urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the product 
contained rodent pellets, urine, and insects.
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 contaminated 
with filth.
*See also Nos. 9812, 9817.
mitted that a portion of the product was adulterated, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, condi- 
tioned upon the segregation of the fit portion from the unfit portion and the 
disposal of both in compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration.