9633. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 33 Bags and 167 Cases of Flour.    Default
decrees of condemnation.   Product ordered delivered to a charitable insti- 
tution.  (F. D. C. Nos. 16956, 16957.    Sample Nos. 2328-H, 2329-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   On or about August 1,1945, Western District of Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about March 6 and May 4, 1945, from Louisville,
Ky., and Buffalo, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 33 100-pound bags, 71 cases, each containing 5 10-pound bags, and 
96 cases, each containing 10 5-pound bags, of flour at Danville, Va., in the 
possession of J. W. Wyatt and Co., Inc. The product was stored under in- 
sanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the cases and bags ware rodent- 
gnawed, and rodent excreta and urine stains were observed on some of 
the bags. Samples of the flour were found to be contaminated with rodent 
excreta and urine.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION : September 6 and October 26,1945. No claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered 
delivered to a charitable institution, for use other than human consumption.