6637. Adulteration of self-rising flour and plain flour.    U.  S. v.  375 Bags  of
Plain Flour and 80 Bags of Self-Rising Flour (and 2 other seizure actions 
against plain flour). Decrees of condemnation. Product ordered re- 
leased under bond to be denatured. (F. D. C. Nos. 12988, 13013, 13195. 
Sample Nos. 80521-F to 80523-F, incl., 80527-F.)
LIBELS FILED: From on or about July 20 to August 17, 1944, Eastern District 
of Arkansas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about September 14, 1943, to April 17, 1944, 
by the Nebraska Consolidated Mills, from Fremont and Elkhorn, Nebr.
PRODUCT: 49 100-pound bags of flour at Helena, Ark.; 336 10-pound sacks of 
flour, 375 25-pound bags of flour, and 80 25-pound bags of self-rising flour at 
Marianna, Ark.
LABEL IN PART:    (Bag) "Mother's Best * * * Bleached [or "Self Rising"] Flour." 
VIOLATION CHARGED:    Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, 
larvae, pupae, insect fragments, cast skins, head capsules, and beetles.
DISPOSITION: October 3, 1944. The Marianna Wholesale Grocery Co., Mari- 
anna, Ark., claimant for the Marianna lot, and the Helena Wholesale Grocery 
Co., Helena, Ark., claimant for the Helena lot, having admitted the allegations 
of the respective libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that it be denatured 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.