26335. Adulteration of  flour.     U.   S.  v.  2,000   Sacks  of  Flood-Damaged  Flour.
Consent  decree  of  condemnation.     Product  released under  bond.     (F.
& D. no. 37737.    Sample no. 61882-B.)
This case involved flour that was moldy and that was damaged by flood- 
water.
On May 16, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 2,000 sacks of flood-damaged flour 
at Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 14, 1938, by the Noblesville Milling Co., from 
Noblesville, Ind., and charging adulteration in violation, of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Finest F N Stores Fancy Flour First 
National Stores, Inc., Boston Distributors Superfine 24% Lbs. Net   Bleached."
The article was alleged to be adulterated In that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 20,1936, the Tidewater Milling Co., Brooklyn, N. T., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and It was ordered that the product 
be released under bond conditioned that it be disposed of only in compliance 
with tie law, State and Federal
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.