11289. Adulteration of whole dill seed.    U.  S. v. 38 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D.  C.
No. 19995.    Sample No. 46836-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 16,1946, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 7, 1945, from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 38 125-pound bags of whole dill seed at San Francisco, Calif., in 
possession of A. Schilling & 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 contaminated 
with filth. 
DISPOSITION:   June 19, 1946.   No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.