7024. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 140 Bales and 218 Sacks of Flour.    Decrees
of condemnation. Portion ordered released under bond; remainder or- 
dered destroyed. (P. D. C. Nos. 13377, 13451. Sample Nos. 58982-P, 
80599-P.)
LIBELS FILED:   August 29, 1944, Eastern Districts of Virginia and Arkansas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT. On or about April 25 and June 10, 1944, by the Kansas 
Milling Co., from Wichita and Cherrydale, Kans.
PRODUCT: 140 bales, each containing 5 10-pound bags, of flour, at Fredericks- 
burg, Va., and 218 50-pound sacks of flour at Fordyce, Ark. This product 
contained weevils, larvae, insect fragments, and cast skins.
LABEL IN PART: (Bags) "Lassen's Perfection Enriched The Quality Flour," or 
"Silk Floss Finest Short Patent Flour For All Baking Purposes Bleached."
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance.
DISPOSITION: October 3 and 27, 1944. Robert H. Mays, claimant for the lot at 
Fordyce, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and' the product was ordered released under bond to be denatured, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, so that it could 
not be disposed of for human consumption. No claimant having appeared for 
the remaining lot, judgment was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.