2567. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 25 Bags and 57 Bass of Flour (and 3 other
seizure   actions  against  flour).     Decrees  of  condemnation.    Portion   of 
product   ordered   released   under   bond;   remainder   ordered   destroyed.
(F. D. C. Nos. 5456, 5841, 5891, 6106.   Sample Nos. 39967-E, 48289-E, 48290-E, 
49951-E to 49953-E, incl., 74539-E.)
Between August 26 and October 31, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Mississippi, Western Dis- 
trict of Missouri, and the District of New Jersey filed libels against the follow- 
ing quantities of flour: 25 24-pound bags and 57 12-pound bags at La Grange, 
Ga.; 5 96-pound bags, 28 48-pound bags, 316 24-pound bags, and 186 12-pound 
bags at Meridian, Miss.; 40 24-pound bags at Springfield, Mo.; and 32 98-pound 
bags at Irvington, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped within the 
period from on or about March 6, 1940, to on or about July 19, 1941, by Kansas 
Milling Co. from Wichita, Kans., and Marion, Ohio; 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: "Silk Floss Plain Flour [or "Cake Flour" or "Self- 
Rising Flour"]"; "Southern Lily Flour Bleached * * * Plain [or "Self- 
Rising"]"; "Cotton Patch Flour Bleached * * * Self-Rising"; or "Lips- 
comb's    *    *    *   Bleached."
On September 27, 1941, Culpepper & Son, La Grange, Ga., claimant for the 
product seized at La Grange, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under \ 
bond to be brought into compliance with the law under the supervision of the 
Food and Drug Administration. On February 27, 1942, the claimant for the 
flour seized at Springfield having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond 
to be denatured into animal feed. On January 29 and March 17, 1942, no 
claimant having appeared for the product seized at Meridian and Irvington, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.