30774. Adulteration of flour.     17.  S.  v.  200 Bags, 200 Bags, and  581  Sacks  of
Flour. Product ordered released under bond conditioned that portion 
found unfit for human consumption be disposed of for duck feed or for 
technical purposes. (F. & D. Nos. 45394, 45438. Sample Nos. 44298-D, 
44299-D, 44300-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce by boat from Seattle, 
Wash., to Newark, N. J., at which port it was substantially damaged, the result 
of a fire in the hold of the ship. When examined the product was found to be 
water-soaked, and some bags were charred and covered with a black oily 
substance.
On May 23 and June 2, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of 
New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 981 sacks of flour 
remaining unsold and in the original packages at Newark, N. J.; alleging that 
the article had been shipped on or about February 25, 1939, by Centennial
Flouring Mills Co. from Seattle, Wash.; and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Centennial Gold 
Drop Flour" or "Centennial Pandora Flour."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On June 30, 1939, the cases having been consolidated and S. A. Wald & Co., 
Inc., claimant, having admitted that the product consisted in part of a de- 
composed vegetable substance, judgment was entered ordering that the product 
be released under bond conditioned in part that the portion found unfit for 
human consumption be denatured and disposed of for duck feed or for technical 
purposes.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.