21478. Alleged Adulteration of sugar.   U. S. v. DeBauge Bros., Inc., and Laurent
J. Derange and Paul L. Derange. Pleas of not guilty. Tried to the 
court. Verdict of not guilty. (F. D. C. No. 34869. Sample No. 
14909-L.)
INFORMATION FILED: August 12, 1953, District of Kansas, against Deane 
Bros., Inc., Emporia, Kans., Laurent J. Derange, president of the corporation, 
and Paul L. Derange, vice president.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : Betweeen the approximate dates of February 15 and March 
17, 1952, the defendants received, at Emporia, Kans., a number of bags of 
powdered white sugar, which had been shipped from Ogden, Utah, and Nampa, 
Idaho.
Between the approximate dates of February 15 and November 20,1952, while 
the sugar was being held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce, the 
defendants caused the sugar to be placed in a building that was accessible to 
rodents and caused the sugar to be exposed to contamination by rodents.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent urine; and, 
Section 402 (a) (4), the article was held under insanitary conditions whereby 
it may have become contaminated with filth.
on for trial before the court without a jury on May 13, 1954. At the conclu- 
sion of the trial, the case was taken under advisement by the court; and, on 
May 25,1954, the court returned a verdict of not guilty.