30661. Adulteration of buckwheat flour.     V.  S. v. 30 Bags  of Flour.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 44791.    Sample No. 
32371-D.)
This product contained atropine alkaloids, the source of which was probably 
jimsonweed seed or similar weed seeds in the buckwheat.
On February 9,^.939, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 30 bags of flour at 
Peoria, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about October 14, 1937, and November 17, 1938, from Monticello, Ind., 
by Loughry Bros. Milling & Grain Co.; and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Monticello 
Mills Pure Buckwheat Flour."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained atropine alkaloids, added 
deleterious ingredients, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On June 7, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.