15163. Adulteration of sugar.   U. S. v. 619 Bags   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 27086.
Sample No. 40794-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 3, 1949, Western District of Washington. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about June 24, 1947, from San Francisco, Calif. 
PRODUCT:    619 bags, each containing 20   5-pound sacks, of sugar at Seattle, 
Wash., in possession of the Utley Warehouse Co.
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 
hairs and rodent urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth. The product was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in 
interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: May 26, 1949. The Spreckels Sugar Co., San Francisco, Calif., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under 
bond to be reprocessed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration.   The entire lot was re-refined.