30477. Adulteration of cake flour.     U.  S. v.  45 Bags  of  Cake Flour.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.   & D. No. 45106.    Sample 
No. 43929-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 rodent excreta.
On March 27, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 45 bags of cake flour 
at San Francisco, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
February 3, 1939, by Wasco Warehouse & Milling Co. from Portland, Oreg.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Bleached Queen of Cake Flour Manufactured for Curry 
Flour Co.    San Francisco, Calif."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On April 27, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.