5427. Adulteration of flour.    17. S. v. 161 Bags of Flour.    Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered released under bond for denaturing.    (F. D.
C. No. 8478.   Sample No. 17847-F.)
On October 5, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York filed a libel against 161 bags, each Containing 140 pounds, of flour at 
Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate' com- 
merce on or about May 4, 1942, by the Larabee Flour Mills from Hutchinson, 
Kans.; and charging that it was adulterated in that "it consisted in whole or in 
part of filthy substances, beetles, larvae, larva casts, and mites. The article 
was labeled in part: (Bag) "Ritchie Flour * * * Packed for B. Wilk & 
Son Brooklyn, N. Y."
On March 17,1943, Benjamin Wilk, doing business as B. Wilk & Son, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered the product was ordered released under bond for denaturing, under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, with a view to its use 
as animal food* :