10076. Adulteration of brewers corn grits and brewers flakes.   U. S. v. 154 Bags
of Brewers Corn Grits (and 3 other seizure actions against brewers corn 
grits and brewers flakes). Consent decrees of condemnation. Products 
ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. Nos. 17443, 17447, 17470, 17672. 
Sample Nos. 10803-H, 14211-H, 23502-H, 23505-H.)
LIBELS FILED : Between September 10 and 25,1945, Eastern District of Missouri, 
Western District of New York, and Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of May 25 and July 30,1945, 
by the Charles A. Krause Milling Co., from Milwaukee, Wis.
PRODUCT: 280 bags and 549 bags of corn grits at St. Louis, Mo., and Buffalo, 
N. Y., respectively, and 582 bags of brewers flakes at Cincinnati, Ohio. Each 
bag contained 100 pounds.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by* reason of the presence of beetles, 
larvae, insect parts and fragments, and rodent hairs.
DISPOSITION : September 24, and October 1, 8, and 29,1945. Oliver T. Remmers, 
trustee for the Gast Brewery, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., and the Griesedieek Brothers 
Brewing Co., St. Louis Mo., appeared as claimants for the 2 lots seized at St. 
Louis, Mo.; the Simon Brewery Co., Buffalo, N. Y., appeared as claimant for 
the Buffalo Lot; and the Heidelberg Brewing Co., Covington, Ky., appeared as 
claimant for the Cincinnati lot. The claimants having admitted the allega- 
tions of the respective libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and the 
products were ordered released under bond to be disposed of in compliance 
with the law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.