29852. Adulteration of corn meal.   TT. S. v. 23 Bass of Cora Meal.   Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. k D. No. 43987. Sample No. 
38154-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found to 
be insect-infested and to contain rodent hairs.
- On or about September 28, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 23 bags of corn 
meal at Pensacola, Fla.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
September 3, 1988, by Western Grain Co. from Birmingham, Ala.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled 
in part: "Bang Up Old Style Unbolted Meal."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 28, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEEY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.