15561. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 23 Bags   *   *   *.    (F. D. C No. 27944.
Sample No. 35286-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 28, 1949, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED DELIVEEY FOB SHIPMENT : On or about August 10,1949, at San Francisco, 
Calif.
PRODUCT: 23 100-pound bags of flour at San Francisco, Calif. The product 
had been delivered to the dock at San Francisco and had been exposed to rodent 
contamination while it was being held during a strike.
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.
DISPOSITION : November 8, 1949. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.