30353. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 170 Sacks and 28 Bags of Flour.   Default
decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 44565, 44566. 
Sample Nos. 50215-D, 50218-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 December 27, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 198 sacks of 
flour at Meridian, Miss.; alleging that the article had been shipped within the 
period from June 22 to July 16, 1938, by Freeburg Mong Co. from Freeburg, 
Ill.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Red Band Seal of Quality."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On March 21, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.