30346. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 144 Bags of Flour   (and 1 other seizure
action against the same product). Default decrees of condemnation 
and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44128, 44129, 44130, 44326, 44327. Sample 
Nos. 37854-D, 37855-D, 37856-D, 37906-D, 37907-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 be insect-infested.
On or about October 12 and November 14, 1938, the United States attorney 
for the Western District of Louisiana, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 144 bags of flour at Lake Charles, La., and 74 bags of flour at Eunice, La., 
consigned by Universal Mills; alleging that the article had been shipped within 
the period from on or about June 15, 1938, to on or about September 19, 1938, 
from Fort Worth, Tex.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "G & R Bakers [or "Gate 
of the West" or "Worth More"] Flour."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On January 6 and February 2, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.