10724. Adulteration of corn meal, dried beans, and sugar.    U. S. v. 108 Bales, etc.
(F. D. C. No. 18573.   Sample Nos. 35226-H to 35229-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   On or about December 28, 1945, Western District of Missouri. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about October 5, 8, and 20,1945, from Topeka, Kans., 
Torrington, Wyo., and Richmond, Calif.
PRODUCT: 108 bales, each containing 5 10-pound bags, and 78 bales, each 
containing 5 10-pound bags, of white corn meal, 27 100-pound bags of dried 
beans, and 247 bales, each containing 6 10-pound bags, of sugar at Cabool, 
Mo., in possession of the Reed-Harlin Grocery Co.
The products were stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The 
warehouse was badly rodent-infested, and many bags were rodent-gnawed. 
Examination showed that the product contained rodent pellets.
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 may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : April 3,1946. The Reed-Harlin Grocery Co. having appeared as 
claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the products were 
ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
FLOUR
Nos. 10725 to 10728 report actions involving flour that was insect- or 
rodent-infested, or both. (In those cases in which the time of contamination was 
known, that fact is stated in the notice of judgment.) The flour reported in Nos. 
10729 to 10731 failed to meet the standard for enriched flour.