8544. Adulteration of pastry flour. U. S. v. 4,000 Bags of Pastry Flour, Decree 
of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No.
13353.    Sample Nos. 52411-F to 52413-F, incl.) ' 
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LIBEL FILED:   August 17,1944, District of Massachusetts.   ¦'¦ ;-   [ ;H];
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July i5, I944rb^ Straitoh & Co., ifrom Pena- 
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PRODUCT: ? 2,000 10-pound bags, 1,600 24% -pound bags, and 400 5-pound bags 
of pastry flour at Somerville, Mass.   -  ¦ <-¦ ¦¦•\\:-~.l>\ .   ...? .^-^,a 
LABEL, IN PART: "Old Homestead Pastry Flour Bleached [or "Fancy Pastry 
Flour"].'' 
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NATURE OF CHARGEK: Adulteration, -Section 402 (a) ;(3 j,; theT'proMucI'ionsisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
excreta; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under, insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.".
DISPOSITION:. September 5, 1945. Stratton & Co., claimant,. having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of cdndemriatiBh was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond to be denatured for use as animal 
feed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration^   !i      :: J