30553. Adulteration  and misbranding of flour.    TT.  S.  v.  108  Sacks  of Flour.
Default  decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  No. 43807. 
Sample Nos. 37768-D, 38062-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found to 
be insect-infested. It was bleached flour but failed to bear a conspicuous 
statement of that fact.
On September 9, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 108 sacks of flour 
at Lafayette, La.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
August 12, 1938, by G. B. R. Smith Milling Co. from Sherman, Tex.; and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act The article was labeled in part: "Reliance Brand * * * Packed for 
Consolidated Companies, Inc."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy vegetable and animal substance.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Flour," borne on the 
sacks, was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser 
when applied to bleached flour. It was alleged to be misbranded further in 
that it was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser since it failed 
to bear a conspicuous statement of bleaching.
On May 16, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.