2607. Adulteration of  flour.     U.   S.  v.   183  Bags   of Flour.     Default  decree  of
destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 5935.    Sample No. 59655-E.)
On October 3, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
West Virginia filed a libel against 183 12-pound bags of flour at Parkersburg, W. 
Ya., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about January 23,- 1941, by 
Gwinn Mills Co. from Columbus,: Ohio; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and in that it. had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contami- 
nated with filth. The article was labeled in part: "Bleached Peerless Flour 
*    *   ..*    The Peerless Milling Co.    Parkersburg, W. Va."
.   On December 5, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered 
ordering that the product be destroyed.