10968.?Adulteration and misbranding of flour.     U. S. v. 60 Sacks of Flour.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under?
bond.     (F. & D. No. 16535.    I. S. No. 21805-t.    S. No. W-1129.)
On June 30, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 60 sacks of flour, remaining in the original unbroken packages?
at Seattle, Wash, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Royal Mill??
ing Co., Great Falls, Mont, April 28, 1922, and transported from the State of?
Montana into the State of Washington, and charging adulteration and mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was?
labeled in part: (Sacks) "Royal Milling Co. Bakers Patent Great Falls, Mont.?
Bleached 98 Lbs. Regal Flour."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that water?
had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for the said?
article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement ap??
pearing on the labels of the sacks containing the said article, "98 Lbs.," was?
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was?
alleged for the further reason that the article was [food] in package form,?
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on?
the outside of the package.
On July 19, 1922, the Royal Milling Co., Great Falls, Mont., claimant, having?
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture?
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to?
said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution?
of a bond in the sum of $250, in conformity with section 10 of the act, condi??
tioned in part that the product be reconditioned and properly labeled, under the?
supervision of this department.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.