15173. Adulteration of cake flour.   TJ. S. v. 240 Bags   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
27107.   Sample No. 25855-K.)
LIBEL FILED :  May 7,1949, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about February 3 and 14, 1949, from Loudonville, 
Ohio.
PRODUCT: 240 100-pound bags of cake flour at Minneapolis, Minn., in possession 
of the Standard Milling Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The article was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : June 10, 1949. The Standard Milling Co., claimant, having con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond for segregation 
of the unfit portion and its conversion into animal feed, under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency. The segregation operation resulted in the 
classification of 35 bags as satisfactory for use as human food and the denatur- 
ing of 205 bags for use as animal feed.