1706. Adulteration of flaxseed.   U. S. v. 14 Barrels of Flax Seed.   Default decree
 ?    of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 19101.   Sample No. 35616-H.)
LIBEL FILED;   February 12, 1946, Eastern District of Missouri; amended libel
filed on or about March 5,1946.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT-:    On or about October 13, 1945, by the Bisbee Linseed Co.,
from Chicago Heights, 111.
PRODUCT:   14 barrels, each containing 250 pounds, of flaxseed at St. Louis, Mo.
LABEL, IN PABT :   "Pure Cleaned Flax Seed   Kellogg & Miller Inc.   Amsterdam,
N.Y."'
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 501  (a)   (1), the article consisted
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects.
DISPOSITION:   March  21,  1946.   No  claimant  having  appeared,  judgment  of
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF NONCERTIFIED
COAL-TAR COLORS