29718. Adulteration of grits.    IT. S. v. 215 Bags of Grits.    Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 43492.    Sample No. 38083-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 August 26, 1938, the "United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 215 bags of grits at 
Baton Rouge, La.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about May 21, 
1938, by Mount Vernon Milling Co. from Mount Vernon, Ind.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. It was labeled in part: 
"Degerminated Posey County Grits."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 5, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.