10105. Adulteration of sugar.   U. S. v. 910 Bags and 348 Bags of Sugar.   Consent
decrees of condemnation.    Product released under bond.     (F. D. C. Nos. 
16766, 16868.    Sample Nos. 22976-H, 23015-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   June 30 and July 19, 1945, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about March 5, May 18, and June 7,1945, from Pekin,
111., and Gramercy, La.
PRODUCT: 1,258 100-pound bags of sugar at Memphis, Tenn., in the possession 
of the P & B Transfer and Storage Co. The product was stored under insani- 
tary 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 had been contaminated with urine and that it contained 
rodent excreta and rodent excreta pellets.
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 
stored under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: July 5 and July 21, 1945. The Colonial Baking Co. and T. C. 
Cocoas & Co., Memphis, Tenn., claimants, having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond for segregation and conversion of the unfit portions for 
use other than human consumption, under the supervision of the Federal 
Security Agency.