4713. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. 476 Bags of Flour (and 5 additional seizure
actions against flour). Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. D. C. Nos. 8153, 8251, 8255, 8467, 8468, 8631. Sample Nos. 9186-F 
to 9188-F, incl., 9232-F, 9238-F to-9240-F, incl., 9665-F, 9666-F.)
Between August 18 and October 23, 1942, the United States attorneys for the 
Eastern and the Western Districts of Louisiana filed libels against 476 24-poundl 
bags of flour at Plaquemine, La.; 76 12-pound bags, 56 24-pound bags, and 9' 
98-pound bags of flour at Hammond, La.; 15 48-pound bags, 107 24-pounds 
bags, and 40 10-pound bags of flour at Morgan Gity, La.; 313 24-pound bags 
and 86 10-pound bags of flour at New Iberia, La.; and 58 10-pound bags, 
25 20-pound bags, and 15 48-pound bags of flour at West Monroe, La., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period 
from on or about March 28 to August 31, 1942, by the Quaker Oats Company 
from St. Joseph, Mo.; 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: 
"Conce * * * [or "Wheat Flour," or Monogram"] Manufactured for [or 
"Milled Expressly For," "Mfrd. For," or "Packed For"] Consolidated Companies 
Inc."; "Henry Walther's Prize Winner Flour Mfrd. Expressly for Henry Walther 
Gibson La.," or "Crystal Wedding Flour Bleached."
Between October 12 and December 14, 1942, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.