15008. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 29 Bags.   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 27012.
Sample No. 62210-K.)
LiBiEiL FILED :   April 15,1949, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about November 20, 1948, from Black Bock, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 29 100-pound bags of flour at Watertown, Mass., in possession of 
G. Capaldi & Son, Inc.
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 
urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The product was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : May 19,1949. G. Capaldi & Son, Inc., claimant, having consented 
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered. The court 
ordered that the product be released under bond, to be brought into compliance 
with the law by segregation and denaturing of the unfit portion, which was to 
be used as animal feed. The segregation operations resulted in the salvage of 
6 bags of flour which were fit for human consumption and the denaturing of 
the remaining 23 bags.