2116. Adulteration of  flour.    IT.   S.  v.   140  Bags  of Flour.     Consent  decree   of
condemnation.    Product   ordered   released   under   bond.     (F.   D.   C.   No.
5363.    Sample No. 47394-E.)
On or about August 20, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois filed a libel against 140 bags, each containing 140 pounds, 
of flour at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 9, 1941, by the Hubbard Milling Co. from Mankato, 
Minn.; and charging that it was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: 
(Tag) "Otsggo Flour Bleached."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance; and in that it had been held under insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On August 28, 1941, Pivaronas Bros., Inc., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond to be disposed of for purposes other than 
human consumption.