10543. Adulteration of soy flour.    U. S. v. 25 Bags    *    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 18074.
Sample No. 23520-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   November 1, 1945, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about September 7, 1945, from Decatur, Ill.
PRODUCT: 25 100-pound bags of soy flour at St. Louis, Mo., in possession of the 
Southern Terminal Warehouse Co. The product was stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent 
pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that 
the article contained rodent hairs and rodent pellets.
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 contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 13, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold to be denatured 
and such other safeguards adopted against its use for human consumption as 
should be directed by the Federal Security Agency.