14215. Misbranding of flour.     V. S. v. 40 Sacks of Flour.    Default decree of
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 16699.    I. S.
No. 7810-v.     S. No. W-1178.)
On August 2, 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 praying seizure and 
condemnation of 40 sacks of flour, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Eureka, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Columbia 
Milling Co., from Portland, Oreg., July 21, 1922, and transported from the 
State of Oregon into the State ? of California, and charging misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in 
part.: " Columbia Milling Co. White Queen Bluestem Fancy Patent Flour 
*    *    *    49 Lbs." 
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement "49 Lbs.," borne on the label, was false and misleading and de- 
ceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the article was food in package form and the quantity .of the con- 
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On February 15, 1926, eight sacks of the product having been seized and no 
claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the said product be destroyed 
by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.