8667. Adulteration of soya flour and Badex (cereal product).    U. S. v. 221 Bags
of Soya Flour and 35 Bags of Badex. Default decree of condemnation 
and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 15400.    Sample Nos. 29035-H, 29036-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    February 22, 1945, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 1 and October 9, 1943, from Hawthorne 
and Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT: 221 100-pound bags of soya flour and 35 125-pound bags of Badex 
at San Francisco, Calif., in the possession of the Sherwood Co.   These products
were stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the bags 
of the soya flour were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets and urine stains were 
observed on them. Urine stains were observed on a portion of the bags of 
the Badex, and examination showed that it was contaminated with urine, 
and that it contained larvae, insect excreta, and webbing.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they might have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 26, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the products were ordered destroyed.