29563. Adulteration of flour.    TJ. S. v. 28 Bags of Flour (and nine similar seizure
actions).    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
Nos. 43193, 43384 to 43387, inclusive, 43411 to 43414, inclusive.    Sample Nos, 
37627-D, 38410-D to 38417-D, inclusive.)
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 August 3, 19, and 20, 1938, the United States attorneys for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of Arkansas, acting upon re- 
ports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 28 98-pound bags of flour at New Orleans, La., 657 
12-pound bags, 900 24-pound bags, and 121 48-pound bags of flour at Little 
Rock, Ark.; alleging that the article had been shipped within the period from 
on or about January 26, 1938, to on or about July 5, 1938, by General Mills, 
Inc., in various shipments from Wichita Falls, Tex., Wichita, Kans., and Ok- 
lahoma City, Okla.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part variously: "Special Bakers Mothers 
Loaf Patent Wichita Mill and Elevator Company"; "Red Star Milling Co. 
Wichita, Kansas, Dixie Delight"; "Keno Flour Watson Mill Company Distribu- 
tor Wichita, Kansas"; "Southern Home Special"; "Covered Wagon Flour"; 
"Apex Flour Bleached"; "Crockers Best Flour"; "Bleached Play Boy Extra 
High Patent Flour."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On September 19 and 29, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.