9224. Adulteration of corn meal.    TJ. S. v. 400 Bags of White Corn Meal.    Con¬
sent  decree  of  condemnation.    Product  ordered  released under bond.
(F. D. C. No. 18880.    Sample No. 9822-H.)
LIBEL FILED :  January 18,1946, Western District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about November 15,1945, from Beardstown, Ill.
PRODUCT: 400 100-pound bags of corn meal at Buffalo, N. Y., in the possession 
of the Buffalo Merchandise Warehouse. The product was stored under insani- 
tary conditions after shipment. Examination showed that it contained rodent 
excreta.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product 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: January 23, 1946. The Gerhard Lang Brewery, Buffalo, N. Y., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered 
condemning all contaminated portions. It was ordered that the uncontaminated 
portion be sold for human food and that the contaminated portion be disposed 
of for animal feed, with the exception of the moldy and heated bags, which 
were ordered destroyed.
FLOUR
Nos. 9225 to 9243 report actions involving flour that was insect- or rodent- 
infested, or both. (In those cases in which the time of contamination was deter- 
mined, that fact is stated in the notice of judgment.)    The flour reported in
?See also No. 9231.
Nos. 9244 and 9245 failed to conform to the definition and standard for en- 
riched flour.