1217. Adulteration of corn meal.    tl. S. v. 58 Bass of Corn Meal  (and 2 other
seizures of corn meal). Decrees of condemnation. Portions of product 
ordered destroyed. Remainder released under bond to be denatured for 
animal feed. (F. D. C. Nos. 2362, 2385, 2386. Sample Nos. 147-B, 20708-B, 
20712-B.)
This product contained rodent hairs, rodent excreta, and insect fragments.
On or about July 16, 19, and 20, 1940, the United States attorneys for the 
Southern District of Florida and the Eastern District of South Carolina filed 
libels against 191 bags of corn meal at Jacksonville, Fla., and 17 bags of corn 
meal at Aiken, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about June 29 and July 2, 1940, by the Clarke Milling Co. from 
Augusta, Ga.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy substance. The article was labeled in part: "Old Fashioned 
Water Ground Unbolted Corn Meal."
On August 8, 1940, the Clarke Milling Co. having appeared as claimant for 133 
bags of meal seized at Jacksonville, Fla., judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be denatured, 
relabeled as animal feed, and disposed of for such purpose. On August 16 and 
September 9, 1940, no claimant having appeared in the remaining actions, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.