11702. Adulteration and allegred misbranding of flour.    IT.  S. v. 196 Sacks
of Flour. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. No. 16449. I. S. No. 14048-t. S. No. 
W-1105.)
On June 20, 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 praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 196 sacks of flour, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Royal Milling Co., from Great Falls, Mont., March 16, 1922, and transported 
from the State of Montana into the State of Washington, and charging adul- 
teration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: " Manufactured For Royal Milling Co. Fancy 
Patent Ivanhoe Flour * * * Manufactured from Hard Wheat Great Falls, 
Mont.    Bleached   49 Lbs."
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 for the reason that the statement appearing on the 
labels of the sacks containing the article, "49 Lbs.," was false and misleading' 
and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the fur- 
ther 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 June 27, 1922, Galbraith & Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and confessed judgment, a decree of the court was 
entered adjudging the product to be adulterated and ordering its condemnation, 
and it was further ordered 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 $250, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part 
that it be reconditioned under the supervision and to the satisfaction of this 
department.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.