29536. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 32 Bass and 20 Bass of Flour.    Default
decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos.  43881, 43882. 
Sample Nos. 33960-D, 33961-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining un- 
sold and in the original packages, ,was at the time of examination found to be 
insect-infested.
On September 13, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, acting upon reports by the Secretary'of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 52 bags of flour at 
Norfolk, Va.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 30, 1938, by Ralston Purina Co. from Battle Creek, Mich.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Purina Whole Wheat Flour, Ralston Purina Company, St. 
Louis, Mo."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On October 14,1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.