15005. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 384 Bags   *    *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 27414.
Sample No. 62268-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    June 10, 1949, District of Vermont. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 2,1949, from Alton, Ill. 
PRODUCT:   384   100-pound bags of flour at St. Johnsbury, Vt., in possession of 
George H. Cross Co., Inc.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
excreta; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The article was 
adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: August 11, 1949. George H. Cross Co., Inc., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond to be brought into 
compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. 
Of the 384 bags of the product which were seized, 234 bags were segregated as 
passable, and 150 bags were set aside as contaminated with filth and subse- 
quently were denatured.