28236. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 171 Bags of Flour.    Decree of condemna¬
tion.     Product released  under bond for use as animal feed.     (F. & D.
No. 40485.    Sample No. 43838-C.)
This product was infested with weevils.
On October 15, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
South Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 171 bags of 
flour at Charleston, S. C., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about May 3, 1937, from Tacoma, Wash., by Sperry Flour Co., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Eye Six Cut-Off Southern Gold Medal Flour Company."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 4, 1937, General Mills, Inc., Charleston, S. C, claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be used 
as animal feed or for some purpose other than human consumption.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.