7417. Adulteration of rice flour. TJ. S. v. 45 Bags of Rice Flour. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered sold to the bigbest bidder. (F. D. C. No. 13172. Sample No. 80276-F.) LIBEL FILED : August 5,1944, Eastern District of Missouri. ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 13, 1943, by the Stein-Hall Man- ufacturing Co., from Chicago, Ill.; and on about November 18, 1943, by the Champion Rice Mills, from Memphis, Tenn. PRODUCT: 45 bags, each containing 100 pounds, of rice flour at St. Louis, Mo. VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments and larvae. DISPOSITION: October 11, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold and delivered by the United States marshal to the highest bidder, for disposition in com- pliance with the law.