28176. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 200 Sacks of Flour.    Decree of condemna¬
tion.    Product released under bond for segregation and denaturing of 
unfit portion.    (F. & D. No. 40265.    Sample No. 53343-C.)
This product was weevil-infested.
On September 9, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 200 sacks of flour at New 
Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about July 27, 1937, by the G. B. R. Smith Milling Co. from Sherman, Tex., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "G. B. R. Smith Milling Co. Sherman Texas Challenge Flour."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part 
of a filthy vegetable substance.
On October 15,1937, John E. Koerner & Co., New Orleans, La., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
it was ordered that the product be released under bond conditioned that the bad 
be separated from the good, if any, and that the former be denatured so that 
it could not be used for human consumption, but that it might be used as animal 
feed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture