10162. Adulteration of green split peas.    U. S. v. 185 Bags of Green Split Peas.
Consent decree of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. No. 17430.   Sample No. 12950-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 6, 1945, Southern District of Ohio. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about December 9, 1944, from Lewiston, Idaho. 
PRODUCT:   185   25-pound bags of green split peas at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 
possession of Baltimore and Ohio Warehouse.   The product was stored under
insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, 
and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that the product 
contained rodent pellets, rodent hairs, and larvae.
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.
Disposmoiir: November 20, 1945. Mark Means Co., Lewiston, Idaho, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that 
the unfit portion that had been contaminated by rodents be segregated and 
disposed of for purposes other than human food, and that the remainder be 
cleaned under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.