10376. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. S3 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 21716.
Sample No. 60071-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 18, 1946, Western District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 4, 1945, from Valley, Nebr.
PRODUCT: 33 100-pound bags of popcorn at Buffalo, N. Y., in the possession of 
Granger and Co., Niagara Frontier Food Terminal. The article was stored 
under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent- 
gnawed, and rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on them. Exam- 
ination showed that the article contained rodent excreta and larvae.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article 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: December 16, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.