2583. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 40 Bags, 30 Bags, 35 Bags, and 120 Bags of
Flour. Consent decree' of condemnation. Product ordered released 
under bond to be denatured into animal feed. (F. D. C. Nos. 5889, 5890. 
Sample Nos. 39963-E to 39966-E, incl.)
On or about October 13, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri filed a libel against 160 24-pound bags and 65 48-pound bags 
of flour at Springfield, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce within the period from on or about September 12, 1940, to on or 
about August 1, 1941, by Shellabarger Mill & Elevator Co. from Salina, Kans., 
and Cotter, Ark.; 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: (Bags) 
"Bleached Silvermist Flour" or "Shellabarger's Queen Flour."
On February 27, 1942, the claimant 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.