7440. Adulteration of Lacdex (cereal product).    TJ. S. v. 52 Bags of Lacdex.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation. Product ordered denatured and sold for 
purposes other than human consumption. (F. D. C. No. 14159. Sample 
No. 99009-F.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 30, 1944, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 25, 1944, by the Stein-Hall Manufac- 
turing Co., from Hawthorne, Ill.
PRODUCT:   52   100-pound bags of Lacdex at St. Louis, Mo.
LABEL IN PART :    "Hallmark Lacdex SH."
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 weevils and 
cast skins.
Disposition: December 9, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold, under the direction 
of the Federal Security Agency, to be denatured and used for purposes other 
than human consumption.