970. Adulteration of flour.     U. S. v. 40, 128, 112, and 231 Sacks of Flour.     Decree
of condemnation.     Product ordered released under bond to be denatured.
(F. D. C. No. 2524.    Sample Nos. 15307-B, 15308-B, 15339-E, 15340-B.)
On or about August 19, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Arkansas filed a libel against 511 sacks of flour at Jonesboro, Ark., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period 
from pn_px about,May 2 to on prjaboutTJuly 3,1940,4^MajesticJFlpur Mill from 
Aurora,
1 Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed substance. The article was labeled 
in part: "Hi-Up Best Patent Flour [or "Flour * * * Hi-Bisk"] * * * 
Guaranteed By Centennial Flouring Mills Co., Seattle, Washington."
On September 19, 1940, the Puryear Grocery Co., of Jonesboro, Ark., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be 
denatured for the purpose of preventing it from being used for human consumption.