1402. Adulteration of flour.    17. S. v. 46 and 27 Bass of Flour.    Decree of con¬
demnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 2432. Sample Nos. 28088-E, 
28089-E.)
On July 29, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina filed a libel against a total of 73 bags of flour at Roanoke Rapids, 
N. C„ alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about May 21, 1940, by the Nappanee Milling Co. Inc., from Nappanee, Ind.; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy substance. The article was labeled in part: "Peerless Bleached 
Self-Rising Flour," or "Happy Day Bleached Flour."
On October 15, 1940, R. B. Cleaton, Jr., trading as Roanoke Rapids Grocery 
Co., Roanoke Rapids, N. C, having appeared as claimant, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered. The decree provided that the product be destroyed 
after 30 days but that it might be taken down under bond by the claimant 
within that time. Bond was not filed and the product was destroyed in 
accordance with said decree.