17504. Action to enjoin and restrain the interstate shipment of adulterated corn 
meal. U. S. v. Aylor & Meyer Co. and Wilford H. Aylor and Anthony 
N. Meyer.   Decree for injunction entered.   (Inc. No. 204.)
COMPLAINT FILED : On or about November 26,1948, Southern District of Indiana, 
against Aylor & Meyer Co., a partnership, Aurora and Rising Sim, Ind., and 
Wilford H. Aylor and Anthony N. Meyer, partners.
NATURE OF CHARGE: That the defendants had been and were at the time of 
filing the complaint engaged in introducing and causing the introduction into 
interstate commerce of corn meal which was adulterated under Sections 402 
(a) (3) and (4), in that it consisted in part of filthy substances such as 
rodent hair fragments, rodent excreta fragments, insect larvae, insect frag- 
ments, and other filth, and which had been and was being prepared, packed, 
and held under insanitary conditions at its plants in Aurora and Rising Sun, 
Ind., whereby it may have become contaminated with filth; that the insani- 
tary conditions in the plants resulted from the presence of rodents, rodent 
excreta, beetles, weevils, and other insects, and other filthy substances in the 
areas where the product was being prepared, packed, and held, and in the 
machinery, equipment, and raw materials used in preparing, packing, and 
holding the corn meal so prepared; that the insanitary conditions consisted 
also of, and resulted from, general carelessness on the part of .employees; and 
that these conditions subjected the corn meal produced by the defendants to 
contamination by filth.
The complaint alleged further that the defendants were continuing to intro- 
duce and to cause the introduction of corn meal into interstate commerce, 
and alleged, on information and belief, that they would continue to do so 
unless restrained. The complaint prayed the entry of a permanent injunction, 
and that a preliminary injunction issue, to restrain the defendants during the 
pendency of the proceedings.
DISPOSITION: On December 17, 1948, the case having been submitted to the 
court on the complaint and a stipulation of facts, the court entered a decree 
enjoining and restraining the defendants from introducing and causing to be 
introduced into interstate commerce corn meal which was adulterated within 
the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.