15171. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 12 Bags    *   * J*.    (F. D. C. No. 27352.
Sample No. 5779-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 23,1949, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 6,1949, from Buffalo, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 12 100-pound bags of flour at Boston, Mass., in possession of J. 
Sklar & 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
urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The article was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce. 
DISPOSITION : July 26,. 1949. Default decree of condemnation. The court or- 
dered that the product be denatured and disposed of as animal feed, or 
destroyed.