lOOSO. Adulteration of flour. V. S. v. 610 Sacks of Flour. Consent decree?
of   condemnation  and   forfeiture.     Product   released   under   bond.
(F. &. D. No. 16278.    I. S. No. 10865-t.    S. No. W-1079.)
On or about May 5, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of California, 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 610 sacks of flour, remaining in the original unbroken pack??
ages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the?
Waco [Wasco] Warehouse & Milling Co., from The Dalles, Oreg., April 20,?
3922, and transported from the State of Oregon into the State of California,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article?
was labeled in part: (Sacks) "Liberty Patent Flour C. A. Hutton Flour Co.,?
Inc.   Distributors San Francisco, Cal.   Bleached 98 Lbs. When Packed."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that water?
had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously?
affect its quality and strength and had been substituted in part for the said?
article.
On May 26, 1922, Harold P. Hutton, claimant, having consented to a decree,?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the?
cost of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,800, in con??
formity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be made to con??
form with the provisions of the said act, under the supervision of this depart??
ment.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.