11562. Adulteration of sugar.    U. S. v. 23 Bags    *    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 20916.
Sample No. 50894-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   September 24,1946, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 17,1945, from Fort Morgan, Colo.
PRODUCT: 23 100-pound bags of sugar at St. Paul, Minn., in possession of the 
Central Warehouse Co. The product was stored under insanitary conditions 
after shipment, and examination showed that it contained rodent excreta and 
urine.
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 : February 7, 1947. The Great Western Sugar Co., Denver, Colo., 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that it 
be denatured and sold for purposes other than human consumption, under the 
supervision of the Federal Security Agency.
The following cases report actions involving butter that consisted in whole or 
in part of filthy or decomposed substances, Nos. 11563 to 11570; that was 
below the standard for milk fat content, Nos. 11569 and 11571 to 11579; 
and that was short of the declared weight, No. 11570.