10346. Adulteration of salt.    U. S. v. 146 Bags of Salt.    Default decree of for¬
feiture.    Product ordered disposed of for nonfood purposes.    (F. D. C.
No. 17267.    Sample No. 11569-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 31,1945, District of Vermont.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about April 26,1945, from Watkins Glen, N. T.
PRODUCT: 146 100-pound bags of salt at Hinesburg, Vt., in possession of 
O. Economou. The product was stored under insanitary conditions after ship- 
ment. Rodent pellets and urine stains were "observed on the bags, and exami- 
nation showed that the product was contaminated with rodent urine.
NATURE OOF 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: February 12, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
forfeiture was entered and the product was ordered delivered to the City of 
Burlington, Vt., to be used for highway purposes.
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