19174. Adulteration of dried white bKans.   U. S. v. 246 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C.
No. 31470.    Sample Nos. 30254-L, 30256-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 13,1951, Western District of Washington. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about April 30,1951, from Sacramento, Calif.
PRODUCT: 246 100-pound bags of dried beans at Seattle, Wash., in the posses- 
sion of the Ames Terminal Co.
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. The product was adulterated 
while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : November 24, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to an institution, for use as animal feed.