2839. Adulteration of flour.     U. S. v. 33 Bags and 46 Bags of Flour.     Consent
decree of condemnation ordering the product released under bond to be 
denatured.     (F. D. C. No. 5833.    Sample No. 67645-E.)
On October 1, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas filed a libel against 33 48-pound bags and 46 24-pound bags of flour at 
Paragould, Ark., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, in part on or about August 23 and December 2, 1940, by Majestic Flour 
Mills from Aurora, Mo., and in part on or about February 11, 1941, by Eisen- 
mayer Milling Co. from Springfield, Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated 
in that it consisted in whole and/or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed- 
substance. aDd was otherwise unfit for food. The article was labeled in part: 
(Bags) "Self-Rising Deluxe Flour." .
Hurt Grocer Co., Paragould, Ark., claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered on November 25, 1941, as 
of October 29, 1941, ordering that the product be released under bond to be de- 
natured under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration so that 
it could not be used for human consumption.