11713. Adulteration of flour and self-rising flour.   U. S. v. 48 Bags, etc.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 22277, 22278.    Sample Nos. 54357-H, 54358-H.)
at Salisbury, N. C, in possession of the Thomas & Howard Co. The products 
were stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in interstate com- 
merce. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent urine was observed 
on them. Examination showed that the products were contaminated with 
rodent urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: March 14, 1947. The cases having been consolidated, and the 
Thomas & Howard Co., claimant, having consented- to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the products were ordered released 
under bond to be denatured and sold for industrial use, under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency.