6828. Adulteration of durum flour and plain flour.   U. S. v. 23 Bags and 182 Bags
of Flour. Decrees of condemnation. Portion of product released under 
bond; remainder ordered distributed to a Federal institution, for use as 
bog feed.    (F. D. C. Nos. 13410, 13464.   Sample Nos. 59871-F, 81855-F.)
LIBELS FILED:    On or about September 2 and 5, 1944, District of Connecticut
and Northern District of Illinois. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about December 4 and 28, 1943, and April 29, 1944,
by the Capital Flour Mills, Inc., from St. Paul, Minn.
PRODUCT: Flour: 23 bags and 182 bags, each containing 100 pounds, at Middle- 
town, Conn., and Chicago, Ill., respectively.
LABEL IN PART:    (Tag) "Bemo Durum 1st Clear Flour," or "Minnesota Girl
Flour   Enriched   Fancy Patent Bleached." 
VIOLATION CHARGED:    Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of larvae,
cast skins, insect fragments, or beetles.
DISPOSITION: October 6, 1944. No claimant having appeared for the lot at 
Middletown, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered distributed to a Federal institution, for use as hog feed. On October 
10, 1944, Oreste Tardella having appeared as claimant for the lot at Chicago, 
and having admitted the allegations of "the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond for salvaging, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.