28491. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 600 Bags of Flour.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be denatured.     (F. & U.
No. 40745.    Sample No. 22515-C.) 

This product was infested with weevils.
On November 16, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 600 bags of flour at Tampa, 
Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or 
about May 4, 1937, from Minneapolis, Minn., by the Commander Milling Co., 
Minneapolis, Minn., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Commander Milling Co., General 
Offices Minneapolis, Minn."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On January 29, 1938, Jose Franquiz & Co., Tampa, Fla., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having petitioned release of the product, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released 
under bond conditioned that it be denatured and disposed of according to law.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.