18758. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 52 Bags   *    *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 32630.
Sample No. 48235-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    January 26,1952, Northern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about July 26,1950, from Grand Forks, N. Dak.
PRODUCT: 52 100-pound bags of flour at Mason City, Iowa, in possession of 
the Mason City Warehouse Corp.
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 insects; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 
The article was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate 
commerce.
DISPOSITION: February 6, 1952. The Russell-Miller Milling Co., Minneapolis, 
Minn., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be released 
under bond for segregation and conversion into animal feed, or destruction of 
the unfit portion, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. The 
entire lot was denatured for use as animal feed.