28615. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 350 Sacks of Flour  (and 2 other seizure
actions against the same product). Consent decree of condemnation. 
Product released under bond to be denatured. (F. & D. Nos. 40639. 41074. 
41075.    Sample Nos. 38465-C, 56518-C, 57338-C.)
Samples of this product were found to be infested with insects and larvae. 
On November 1 and December 13, 1937, the United States attorney for the 
District of New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture,
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 832 sacks 
of flour at Newark and Port Newark, N. J., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 22 and July 6 and 7, 1937, 
from Fort Worth, Tex., by Burrus Mill & Elevator Co., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"High Gluten Prudential Flour, Milled Expressly for Prudential Flour Co., 
Inc., Newark, N. J."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy vegetable substance.
On February 17, 1938, the cases having been consolidated and Prudential 
Flour Co., Inc., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and hav- 
ing consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be de- 
natured and disposed of for purposes other than as food for human consumption.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.