29899. Adulteration and misbranding of flour. U. S. v. 39 Bags of Flour (and 
8 seizure actions against the same product). Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 43523, 43607, 43612, 43613, 43639, 
43700, 43701, 43851, 43963, 44035. Sample Nos. 23701-D, 23708-D, 23709-D, 
23717-D, 38092-D, 38153-D, 38156-D, 38217-D, 49623-D, 49624-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original unbroken packages at the time of examination, was 
found to be insect-infested. Certain lots failed to bear a conspicuous declara- 
tion showing that they were bleached and also failed to bear a plain and 
conspicuous statement of the quantity of contents.
On various dates between September 2 and 28, 1938, the United States 
attorneys for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Northern District of 
Florida, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their 
respective district courts libels praying seizure and condemnation of 202 bags 
of flour at Morgan City, La., 222 bags at Baton Rouge, La., 165 bags at Lockport, 
La., and 1,130 bags of flour at Pensacola, Fla.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped within the period from on or about February 23 to on or about July 30, 
1938, by General Mills, Inc., a portion from Oklahoma City, Okla., and a portion 
from Mobile, Ala.; and charging Adulteration of all lots, and misbranding of 
a portion, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was variously 
labeled in part: "Washburn's Gold Medal Flour"; "White Flyer Flour"; "Red 
Stick Flour Pkd. For Consolidated Companies Plaquemine, La."; "Gold Medal 
Superlative Flour"; "White Flake Self-Rising Flour Southwide Flour Company 
Distributor Atlanta Georgia"; "Fast Flyer Flour * * * Gold Medal Flour 
Company of Oklahoma of General Mills, Inc."; "Full Strength Washburn Crosby 
Flour"; "Fast Flyer Flour Prudential Milling Co. Distributor."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
A portion was alleged to be misbranded in that the prominent statement 
"Flour," borne on the label, was false and misleading and tended to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser when applied to flour that was bleached, the statement 
"Bleached" being so inconspicuously placed as to be illegible. The said portion 
was alleged to be misbranded further in that it was food in package form and 
the quantity of contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the package.
On November 5, 8, 9, and 29, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.