30173. Adulteration of flour.    XT. S. v. 23 Bags of Flour.    Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 44600.    Sample No. 50219-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found to 
contain insects and insect fragments.
On December 28, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 23 bags of flour at 
Gadsden, Ala.; alleging that the article had been shipped in part on or about 
April 21 and in part on or about August 13, 1988, from Hopkinsville, Ky., by 
the Acme Mills; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Cardinal Flour Fancy Patent."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On February 1, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.