29505. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 350 Bags of Flour.    Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product released under bond for uses other than human 
food.    (F. & D. No. 43927.   Sample No. 38144-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold and in the original packages, was at the time of examination found to 
be insect-infested.
On September 20, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 350 bags of flour 
at  Mobile,  Ala.,  consigned  by  the  Preston-Shaffer  Milling   Co.,  Waitsburg, 
Wash.; alleging that the article had been shipped in part on or about May 26,,, 
1938, from Portland, Oreg., and in part on or about June 2, 1938, from Seattle J 
Wash.;  and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act., 
The article was labeled in part: "Southern Special Clear Flour."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part-of a^ 
filthy vegetable substance.
On September 21, 1938, the Merchants Co., Jackson, Miss., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered*, 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be dis- 
posed of for consumption as animal feed, or for some purpose other than 
human consumption.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.