5274. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 122 Bags of Flour.    Consent decree of con¬
demnation.     Product  ordered  released under  bond to  be  brought into 
compUance witn the law.    (F. D. C. No. 10192.    Sample No. 28007-F.)
This product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in inter- 
state commerce. Mouse excreta was seen on and between the bags; some of the 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and many contained urine stains.
On July 6,1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia 
filed a libel against 122 bags of flour at Atlanta, Ga., in the possession of Alter- 
man Brothers, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about December 16, 1942, and January 20, 1943, from Wichita, Kans.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy substance, and in that it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby 
it may have become contaminated with filth. The article was labeled in part: 
"Full Strength Washburn Crosby Gold Medal Bleached Flour."
On August 2, 1943, the Alterman Brothers, claimants, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be 
brought into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.