11318.?Adulteration and misbranding- of flour. U. S. v. 660 Sacks of Flour.?
Decree of condemnation and forfeitui-e. Product released nnd?r bond.?
(F. & D. No. 17080.    I. S. No. 8136-v.    S. No. W-1266.)
On December 23, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Nevada,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condemna??
tion of 660 sacks of flour at Reno, Nev., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the Kansas Milling Co., Wichita, Kans., on or about November IT,?
1922, and transported from the State of Kansas into the State of Nevada, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Rose of Kansas Flour Highest?
Patent Kansas Milling Co. Address Wichita, Kansas. Bleached 98 Lbs. Net?
*    *    *    When Packed."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a?
quantity of water had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or?
in part for flour.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " 98 Lbs.," ap??
pearing on the labels of the sacks containing the article, was false and mislead??
ing 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 January 4, 1923, the Purity French Bakery, Reno, Nev., having entered?
an appearance as claimant for the property, decree of the court was entered?
adjudging that the Government had established the allegations of the libel,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said?
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a?
bond in the sum of $2,500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned?
in part that the said product be reconditioned so as to comply with the require??
ments of the said act.
C. W. PUGSIEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.