10044. Adulteration of plain flour, self-rising flour, and phosphated flour.    U. S.
•v. 230 Bags and 1,014 Bags of Flour. Default decrees of condemnation. 
Product ordered delivered to a public institution. (F. D. C. Nos. 16884, 
16885.    Sample Nos. 24496-H, 24497-H, 24633-H, 24634-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   On or about August 13, 1945, Southern District of Alabama.
pound bags of self-rising flour, and 254 10-pound bags and 121 25-pound 
bags of phosphated flour at Mobile, Ala., in possession of the Merchants Supply 
Company. The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. 
Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent excreta and urine stains were 
observed on them. Examination showed that the flour contained weevils and 
larvae.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: October 29, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the products were ordered delivered to a 
public institution, for use as stock feed.