21402. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 575 Bags * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 36699.
Sample No. 72422-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :    On or about March 29, 1954, Southern District of West Virginia. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about October 14,1953, from Salina, Kans. 
PRODUCT:    575   25-pound bags of flour at Williamson, W. Va., in possession of the 
Williamson Grocery 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 
hairs and gnawed paper from bags; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth. The article was adulterated while held for sale after ship- 
ment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : May 26, 1954. The Williamson Grocery Co. having appeared as 
claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that 
the product be released under bond for segregation and denaturing under the 
supervision of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The entire 
amount of the product was denatured for use as animal feed.