1401. Adulteration of flour.    V. S. v. 238, 21, and 33 Bags of Flour.    Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 2467.    Sample Nos.
1400-E, 28701r-E, 28702-B.)    -:   ,*..; . % » 
Examination showed that these products were contaminated with rodent 
pellets.
On or about August 7, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Virginia filed a libel against 292 bags of flour at Bristol, Va., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
May 7, 1940, by the Loudonville Milling Co. from Loudonville, Ohio; and 
charging that it was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "Fancy 
Winter Flour Southern Queen," or "The Grand Flour."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy substance-; and In that it had been prepared under insanitary condi- 
tions" whereby it might haye beediae contaminated with filth.
On November 11,1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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Nos. 1402 to 1405, inclusive, report the seizure and disposition of flour 
and corn meal that had been shipped in interstate commerce and were in 
interstate commerce at the time of examination, at which time the products 
were found to be insect-infested. 
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