13380. Adulteration of flour. IT. S. v. 25 Bags (and 2 other seizure actions). (F. D. C. Nos. 24659 to 24661, incl. Sample Nos. 14860-K, 14861-K, 25211-K, 25373-K.) LIBELS FILED: June 3, 9, and 10, 1948, Northern District of Illinois, Northern District of Iowa, and Eastern District of South Carolina. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 1 and 4, 1948, by the Springfield Milling Corp., from Springfield, Minn. PRODUCT: Flour. 625 100-pound bags at Chicago, Ill., 10 50-pound bags at Ocheyedan, Iowa, and 10 50-pound bags at Gary, S. Dak. LABEL, IN PART : "White Swan Fancy Patent [or "Enriched"] Flour," or "Pride of the Northwest Flour [or "Verona Spring Wheat Baker's Flour"]." NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments and rodent hair fragments; and (2 lots), Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 825989—49 2 _ _ Minn., claimant for the Chicago lot, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be converted into stock feed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. On July 2 and 13, 1948, no claimant having appeared for the remaining lots, judgments of condemnation were entered. The Gary lot was ordered destroyed, and the other lot was sold to be denatured for use as animal feed.