16412. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 87 Sacks   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 29659.
Sample No. 74468-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 21,1950, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 14,1950, from Newton, Kans. 
PRODUCT:    87   140-pound sacks of flour at New York, N. Y., in possession of the 
Pep Trucking Co., Inc.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent pellets and rodent 
urine; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The product was 
adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: August 14, 1950. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution, for use as animal 
feed.
MISCELLANEOUS CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS.