13016. Misbranding- of flour.     V.  S. >.  !)5  Sacks  of  Flour.     Decree  of  con 
demnation and forfeiture.    Product released under bond.     (F. & D,
No. 19022.    I. S. No. 3707-v.    g. No. E-4958.)
On September 27, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of South Carolina, 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 95 sacks of flour, at Anderson, S. C, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Henderson Roller Mills Co., from Monroe, 
N. C. on or about September 4, 1924, and transported from the State of North 
Carolina into the State of South Carolina, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: 
" 24 Lbs. Mystic Flour."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement in the labeling " 24 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 November 28, 1924, the Henderson Roller Mills, Monroe, N. C. having 
appeared as claimant for the property and 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 the said claimant upon, 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the 
sacks be refilled to the declared weight.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.