5632. Adulteration of flour mixes.    U. S. v. 42 Bags of Coffee Cake Mix (and 3
other seizures of flour mixes).    Decrees of condemnation. ' Portion of 
product ordered destroyed; remainder ordered disposed of as animal feed.
(F.   D.   C.   Nos.   10265,   10331,   10381,   11483.     Sample  Nos.   8991-F,  9151-F, 
28991-F to 28993-F, incl., 49836-F.)
On or about July 17 and 31, August 9, and December 21, 1943, the United 
States attorneys for the Southern District of Texas, the Eastern District of 
South Carolina, and the Western District of New York filed'libels against 42 
bags of coffee cake mix, 69 drums of spice muffin mix, 30 drums of waffle mix, 
16 drums of bran muffin mix, and 48 sacks of ginger muffin mix. at Houston, Tex., 
108 drums of ginger muffin mix, 28 drums of biscuit mix, and 40 drums of 
waffle mix at Columbia, S. C, and 3 barrels of gingerbread doughnut mixture 
at Jamestown, N. Y., alleging that the lot located at Jamestown had been 
shipped from Ellicott City, Md., on or about May 1, 1941, and that the re- 
mainder had been shipped within the period from on or about April 5 to June 2. 
1943, in part from Ellicott City, Md., and in part from New York, N. Y., all
shipments having been made by the Doughnut Corporation of America; and 
charging that they were adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in part 
of filthy substances by reason of the presence of various types of filth such as 
insects, larvae, insect fragments, and weevils. - The articles were labeled in 
part: "Downyflake Fixt Ginger Muffin Mix [or "Biscuit Mix," or "Waffle Mix"]," 
"Downyflake Fixt Mix * * * Spice Muffin [or "Bran Muffin"]," "Ginger 
Bread Doughnut Mixture," or "Special Coffee Cake Mix."
On August 26 and September 21 and 30, 1943, and February 18, 1944, no 
claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the 
products seized at Jamestown, N. Y.; and Columbia, S. C, were ordered de- 
stroyed, and those seized at Houston, Tex., were ordered converted into animal 
feed.
MISCELLANEOUS CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS