18103. Adulteration of corn flour  and  sausage binder flour.    U.   S. v.  11
Barrels of Corn Flour and 41 Barrels of Sausage Binder Flour. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
'   (F. & D. No. 25232.    I. S. No. 17805.    S. No. 3517.)
Samples of corn flour and sausage binder flour from the shipment herein 
described having been found to contain live worms or beetles, or both, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for 
the Northern District of Alabama.
On October 23, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel, and on November 1, 1930, 
an amendment to the said libel, praying seizure and condemnation of 11 barrels 
of corn flour and 41 barrels of sausage binder flour, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Birmingham, Ala., alleging that the articles had been 
shipped by the Griffith Laboratories, Chicago, Ill., from Omaha, Nebr., on or 
about April 1, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Nebraska into 
the State of Alabama, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The articles were labeled in part, " Griffith Process Sausage Flour 
Griffith Laboratories Chicago," and "Griffith Sausage Special Binder Flour," 
respectively.
It was alleged in the libel that the articles were adulterated in that they 
consisted in part of filthy vegetable substances, since an examination showed the 
presence of live worms and beetles.
On January 20, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB, M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.