6852. Adulteration of corn grits and hominy grits.   U. S. v. 700 Bags and 700 Bags
of Corn Grits (and 3 other seizure actions against corn grits, and 1 
against hominy grits). Decrees of condemnation. Portion of products 
ordered destroyed; remainder ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. Nos. 
13283, 13284, 13497, 13756, 13882. Sample Nos. 59880-F, 72095-F, 75430-F 
to 75432-F, incl., 80499-F.)
LIBELS FILED: Between August 19 and October 5, 1944, Western District of 
New York, Eastern District of Missouri, and Northern and Eastern Districts 
of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between on or about April 3 and June 19, 1Q44, by the 
Chas. A. Krause Milling Co., from Milwaukee, Wis.
PRODUCTS: Corn grits: 2,400 bags at Buffalo, N. Y., 600 second-hand bags at 
St. Louis, Mo., and 467 bags at Belleville, Ill., each bag containing 100 pounds. 
Hominy grits; 44 bags, each containing 100 pounds, at Chicago, Ill.
LABEL IN PART: (Portions) "Amerikorn White Corn Grits [or "Hominy Grits 
Made from White Corn"]."
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of one or more 
of the following: Beetles, larvae, insect fragments, pupae, cast skins, or weevils.
DISPOSITION: Between August 31 and November 6, 1944, the Iroquois Beverage 
Corporation and the William Simon Brewery, Buffalo, N. Y., having appeared 
as claimants for the 1,400 bags and the 1,000 bags, respectively, and the Griese- 
dieck Bros. Brewing Co., a corporation, and the Star-Peerless Brewery Co., a 
corporation, having appeared as claimants for the lots at St. Louis and Belleville, 
respectively, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were 
ordered released under bond for conversion of the unfit portions into materials 
to be used for non-human consumption, under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration. The claimant for the lot at Chicago having consented 
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered destroyed.