14113. Adulteration of corn meal.   U. S. v. 239 Sacks   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No.
25918.   Sample No. 23355-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 10,1948, Eastern District of Louisiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 16 and October 12, 1948, by the Wade 
Wood Milling Co., from Birmingham, Ala.
PRODUCT:   239   2-pound sacks of corn meal at New Orleans, La.
LABEL IN PART: "Winner Enriched Degermed White Corn Meal 2 Lbs. Net 
Weight."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
excreta, rodent hairs, and insects; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been pre- 
pared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 20, 1948. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.
FLOUR
Nos. 14114 to 14136 report actions involving flour that was insect- or 
rodent-infested, or both. (In those cases in which the time of contamination 
was known, that fact is stated in the notice of judgment.) The flour reported 
in No. 14137 failed to meet the standard for enriched flour.