2614. Adulteration of flour.    U.   S.  v.  13 Bags of Flour   (and 3  other seizure
actions against flour). Decrees of condemnation. Portion of product 
ordered released under bond to be reworked for animal food? remainder 
ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 5310, 5744, 5905, 5907. Sample Nos. 
48530-E,  59368-E,  67366-E, 70105-E.)
Between August 5 and September 80, 1941, the United States attorneys for 
the Southern District of West "Virginia, Western District of Tennessee, Middle 
District of Georgia, and Western District of North Carolina filed libels against 
13 98-pound bags of flour at Huntington, W. Va., 21 88-pound bags of flour at 
Memphis, Tenn., 98 98-pound bags of flour at Columbus, Ga., and 72 98-pound 
bags of flour at Charlotte, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped within 
the period from on or about April 24 to on or about September 9, 1941, by 
Washburn Crosby Co. from Chicago, Ill., Minneapolis, Minn., Wichita, Kans., 
and Kansas City, Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated. It was labeled 
in part: "Washburn's Gold Medal Flour Bleached," "Hi-Protein Type Gold Medal 
Whole Wheat Flour," "Strength Hecla Flour Bleached," or "Whole Wheat Flour 
Packed For The Great AP Tea Co."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy substance. A portion was alleged to be adulterated further in 
that it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become 
contaminated with filth.
On October 9, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the product seized at 
Huntington, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
delivered to a charitable agency for use as dairy food. On October 25, 1941, 
Washburn Crosby Co., claimant for the product seized at Columbus, Ga., having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond to be reworked for animal food 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. On October 17 
and December 5, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the seizures at Memphis 
and Charlotte, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.