21358. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 23 Bags * * * (and 1 other seizure action).
(F. D. C. No. 36347.    Sample Nos. 66357-L, 66358-L.) 
LIBELS FILED :   March 10,1954, Western District of Michigan. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about January 15, 1951, and May 6, 1953, from
Omaha, Nebr., and Minneapolis, Minn. 
PRODUCT:   161   50-pound bags of flour at Escanaba, Mich., in possession of the
Northern Flour & Grain Co.
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, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The article was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: June 16, 1954. Default decrees of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution, for use as 
animal feed.