2616. Adulteration of flour, doughnut mix, cottonseed flour, soybean flour, potato
flour, icing mix, and -white corn flour, and wheat starch. V. S. v. 395 and 
19 Bags of Flour, 81 Bags and 10 Bags of Corn Flour, 25 and 48 Bags 
of Doughnut Mix, 152 Bags of Soybean or Cottonseed Flour, 40 Bags of 
Potato Flour, 55 Bags of Icing Mix, and 142 Bags of Wheat Starch.    De-
468137°—42 3
330   , 
FOOD,  DRUG,  AND  COSMETIC  ACT 
[F.N.J,
fault decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 5087.    Sample 
Nos. 47355-B, 47357-B, 47358-E to 47366-E, incl.)
These products had been damaged by fire and water and were subsequently 
shipped in interstate commerce. The bags containing them were dirty and the 
outsides caked and moldy, and the products themselves contained mold.
On July 10, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 395 140-pound bags and 19 100-pound bags of flour, 
91 100-pound bags of corn flour, 73 100-pound bags of doughnut mix, 152 100- 
pound bags of soybean or cottonseed flour, 40 100-pound bags of potato flour, 
55 100-pound bags of icing mix, and 142 100-pound bags of wheat starch, at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about May 31 and June 2, 1941, by the Doughnut Corporation of America 
from Ellicott City, Md.; and charging that they were adulterated in that they 
consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances. Certain portions of the articles 
were unlabeled, or the labels were illegible, and the remainder were labeled 
variously :¦* "Gelatinized Corn Flour," "White Wheat and Soya Flours," "Pure 
Idaho Potato Flour," "Gelatinized Wheat Starch," and "Doco Flour Made from 
White Corn."
On August 25, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the products were ordered destroyed. On October 24, 1941, 
the decree was vacated and set aside with respect to portions of the products 
for which the.New Century Co., Chicago, Ill., had appeared as claimant. The 
claimant having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the products, which included all originally 
seized with the exception of the doughnut mix and the icing mix, be released to 
the claimant for reconditioning under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.    They were denatured and disposed of as animal feed.
CORN MEAL