28196. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 130 Bags of Flour.    Decree of condemna¬
tion. Product released under bond for segregation and denaturing of 
unfit portion.    (F. & D. No. 40249.    Sample No. 53533-C.)
This product was infested with weevils and other insects.
On September 4, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 130 bags of flour* at 
New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 14,1937, by Hungarian Flour Mills from Denver, Colo., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article 
was labeled in part: "Monarch Patent The Hungarian Flour Mills Denver 
Colo   Bleached Patent Flour from the Golden West."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On October 15, 1937, J. S. Waterman & Co. Inc., New Orleans, La., having 
filed a claim as owner or agent of the owner and having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered released under bond conditioned that the bad be separated from the 
good, if any, and the former denatured so that it could not be used for human 
food, but that it might be used for animal feed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.