2579. Adulteration İf flour.     V. S. v. 18 Bags, 124 Bags, and 30 Bags of Flour.
ESeerees İf condemnation. Portion of product ordered released under 
bond to  be denatured into animal  feed 5   remainder  ordered  destroyed.
(F. D. C. Nos. 5930, 5987.    Sample Nos. 39980-B, 39983-E, 39986-E.)
On or about October 11 and 13,1941, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri filed libels against 142 98-pound bags of flour at Springfield, 
and 30 98-pound bags of flour at Joplin, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 9' and 14 and September 3, 
1941, by R3d Star Milling Co. (General. Mills, Inc.) from Wichita, Kans.; 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: "Star Way Flour 100% Whole 
Wheat Flour Bleached."
On January 14, 1942, no claimant having appeared for the flour seized at Joplin, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. 
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.