9823. Adulteration of whole wheat flour.   U. S. v. 36 Sacks of Whole Wheat Flour.
Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered denatured, for use 
as hog feed.    (F. D. C. No. 19818.    Sample No. 43623-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 8, 1946, Southern District of California. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about February 28, 1946, from Great Falls, Mont. 
PRODUCT:   36   100-pound bags of whole wheat flour at Los Angeles, Calif., in the 
possession of the Rath Transportation 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 article contained rodent excreta and urine.
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), the product 
had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 14, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to the "Rath 
Transportation Co. to be denatured and converted into hog feed, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.