15558. Adulteration of corn meal.  U. S. v. 113 Sacks   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No. 28049.
Sample No. 52062-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    October 13,1949, Northern District of West Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 29, 1949, by the Herrman-McLean 
Co., from Monroeville, Ohio.
PRODUCT:   113   5-pound sacks of corn meal at Farmington, W. Va.
LABEL, IN PART :   "Ohio  Fancy  Corn  Meal."
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, rodent hairs, insects, and insect fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : November 5, 1949. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. Destruction of the product was effected by delivering it to a public 
institution, for use as animal feed.
FLOUR*
Nos. 15559 to 15564 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. 15565 failed to meet the standard for enriched.flour.