9668. Adulteration of doughnut mix.    XT. S. v. 20 Bags and 6 Bags of Doughnut
Mix. Default decrees of condemnation. Portion of product ordered sold; 
remainder destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 16783, 17194. Sample Nos. 24476-H, 
24545-H.)
LIBELS FILED : On or about July 10 and September 5, 1945, Eastern District of 
Louisiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of May 18 and July 31,1945, 
by the Doughnut Corporation of America, from Houston, Tex.
PRODUCT: 26 150-pound bags of doughnut mix at New Orleans, La. Examina- 
tion showed that the product contained beetles, larvae, weevils, and insect 
fragments.
LABEL, IN PART :    "Do Nut Mix."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance.
DISPOSITION : September 29, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered sold to be denatured 
and converted into stock feed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration. On October 23,1945, the decree which was entered against the 
20-bag lot of the product was amended to provide for the destruction of that lot 
since its state of decomposition was such as to contaminate other flour in the 
warehouse.