10231. Adulteration of soybean flour.   U. S. v. 115 Bags of Soybean Flour.    Con¬
sent decree  of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. No. 17676.   Sample No. 23786-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 27, 1945, Southern District of Texas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 8, 1945, from Pana, Ill.
PRODUCT: 115 100-pound bags of soybean flour at Houston, Tex., in possession 
of the Houston Terminal Warehouse and Cold Storage Co. The product was 
stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.   Some of the bags were
? rodent-gnawed, and examination showed that the product contained beetles, 
larvae, and insect fragments.
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.
DISPOSITION: October 24, 1945. Shellabarger Soybean Mills, claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond to be denatured for use as stock 
feed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.