29566. Adulteration of corn meal. XT. S. v. 89 Bags of Corn Meal. Consent 
decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond to be 
used for animal feed. (F. & D. Nos. 43957, 43958. Sample Nos. 38150-D, 
38151-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold and in the original packages, was at the time of examination found to 
be insect-infested and to contain rodent hairs.
On September 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 89 bags of corn 
meal at Pensacola, Fla.; alleging that the article had been shipped in part on 
or about September 2 and September 10, 1938, by Meridian Grain & Elevator 
Co. from Meridian, Miss.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Banjo Electrically Ground 
Bolted Cream [or "Corn"] Meal."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy vegetable and animal substance.
On October 8, 1938, the Lewis Bear Co. .Pensacola, Fla., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a de- 
cree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered re- 
leased to claimant under bond, conditioned that it might be used in the manu- 
facture of feed for animals.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.