30598. Adulteration of flour.     U. S. v. 35 Bags of Flour  (and 2 similar seizure
actions).    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
Nos. 43604, 43605, 43606.    Sample Nos. 37969-D, 37970-D, 37971-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original packages. At the time of examination it was found to be 
insect-infested.
On October 20, 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 three libels praying seizure and condemnation of 483 bags of flour 
at Hattiesburg, Miss.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
July 6, 1938, from Chattanooga, Tenn., by Mountain City Mill Co.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Gold Medal Best Patent Flour."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On April 11, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.