10813. Adulteration of dried bKans.   U. S. v. 175 Bags   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 19090.
Sample No. 34902-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    February 9, 1946, Western District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 9, 1945, from Bayard, Nebr.
PRODUCT: 175 100-pound bags of dried beans at Boonville, Mo., in possession 
of the Shryack-Givens Grocery Co. The product was stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent 
excreta was observed on them. Examination showed that the product con- 
tained rodent excreta.
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 con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 19, 1946. The Shryack-Givens Grocery Co., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was
, entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be brought into 
compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.