6432. Adulteration of corn flour.    U. S. v. 38 Bags of Flour (and 2 other seizure
actions against flour).    Decrees of condemnation.    Portion ordered re- 
leased  under bond;   remainder ordered  denatured for non-human con- 
sumption.    (F. D. C. Nos. 11471,' 11833, 13209.   Sample Nos. 50935-F, 72237-F, 
72385=F.) 
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LIBELS FILED: December 28, 1943, District of New Jersey; February 15 and 
September 15,1944, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : From on or about May 8 to 25,1944, by the Decatur Milling 
Co., from Decatur, Ill.
PRODUCT: Flour: 37 bags, each containing 100 pounds, at Trenton, N. J., and 
78 bags and 17 sacks, each containing 100 pounds, at St. Louis, Mo.
LABEL IN PART: "Degerminated Hudnuts Hexagon Brand [or "Degerminated 
Hudnuts"] Corn Flour [or "Hudnut Corn Flour Degerminated"] * * * Made 
From Select White Corn."
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (ah (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, 
larvae, pupae, insect fragments, insect excreta, and webbing.
DISPOSITION : March 11,1944. The E. Guckenheim Bakers' Supply Co., St. Louis, 
Mo., claimant for the 78 bags, having admitted the allegations of the libel,
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released 
under bond to be denatured under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration and sold for animal consumption. On March 28 and September 
15, 1944, no claimant having appeared for the remainder, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the 38 bags were ordered delivered to a county 
institution to be used as4iog or other livestock feed after destruction of the 
labels under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration; the 17 
sacks were ordered denatured under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration and sold to the highest bidder, for non-human consumption.