6836. Adulteration of self-rising flour, phosphated flour, cake flour, whole wheat
flour, rye flour, and plain flour. TJ. S. v. 16 Bags of Plain Flour (and 9 
other seizure actions against self-rising flour, phosphated flour, cake 
flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, and plain flour). Decrees of condem- 
nation. Portion of products ordered released under bond; remainder 
ordered denatured or destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 13051, 13171, 13238, 13243, 
13418, 13449, 13463, 13516, 13567, 13598. Sample Nos. 28896-F, 63912-F, 
64046-F, 64048-F, 68070-F, 68077-F, 68078-F, 78916-F, 80547-F to 80550-F, 
incl., 80579-F, 80596-F.)
LIBELS FILED: Between July 25 and September 6, 1944, Southern District of 
Ohio, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia, Eastern and Western Dis- 
tricts of Arkansas, Southern District of Florida, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 
and Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about November 29, 1943, to July 21, 1944, 
by General Mills, Inc., Spokane, Wash., Wichita, Kans., Kansas City, Mo., 
Oklahoma City, Okla., Johnson City, Tenn., Minneapolis, Minn., Wichita 
Falls, Tex., Chicago, Ill., and Louisville, Ky.
PRODUCT: 16 100-pound bags of plain flour at Cincinnati, Ohio; 576 25- 
pound bags of self-rising flour and 200 25-pound bags of plain flour at Bowdon, 
Ga.; 31 25-pound bags of phosphated flour at DeQueen, Ark.; 25 100-pound 
bags of cake flour at Miami, Fla.; 39 100-pound bags of whole wheat flour at 
Milwaukee, Wis.; 17 100-pound bags of rye flour at St. Louis, Mo.; 75 50- 
pound bags of plain flour at Fordyce, Ark.; 21 100-pound bags of whole wheat 
flour and 17 100-pound bags of cake flour at Barnesville, Ohio; 100 100- 
pound bags of cake flour, 18 50-pound bags of self-rising flour, and 65 25- 
pound bags of self-rising flour at Texarkanna, Ark.; and 40 100-pound bag3 
of plain flour at Brunswick, Ga.
LABEL IN PART: (Bags) "Kay Eight Cone Flour," "Fancy Wheat King Wheat 
Self Rising Enriched [or "Enriched"] Flour," "Pure Gold Enriched Phosphated 
Flour," "Washburn Crosby Gold Medal * * * Softasilk Cake Tor 
"Wheat-A-Laxa Whole Wheat" or "Bleached"] Flour," "White Deer En- 
riched Flour," "Southern Snow Flour," "Purasnow Enriched Self Rising 
Flour," or "That Good Heliotrope Enriched Self Rising Flour."
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of larvae, 
pupae, east skins, insect fragments, webbing, beetles, and weevils.
DISPOSITION: Between September 14 and October 10, 1944, Nutt's Cash Store, 
Fordyce, Ark., General Mills, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., the Ritchie Grocer Co., 
Texarkanna and DeQueen, Ark., and the Roop Grocery Co., Bowdon,Ga., 
having appeared as claimants for the lots located at Fordyce, Milwaukee, 
Texarkanna, DeQueen, and Bowdon, respectively, and having admitted the 
material allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond to be denatured and disposed of 
for purposes other than human consumption, under the supervision of the 
Food and Drug Administration. The owner of the Barnesville lot having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered on October 10, 1944, and the 
product was ordered disposed of in accordance with the law. The product 
was subsequently denatured and used for animal feed. The consignee- of the 
Cincinnati lot having consented to the immediate destruction of the product, 
judgment was entered on August 30, 1944, ordering the destruction of that 
lot. No claimant having appeared for the St. Louis, Miami, and Brunswick 
lots, judgments of condemnation were entered between September 20 and 
October 3, 1944, and the St. Louis lot was ordered sold to be denatured for 
purposes other than human consumption, and the other two lots were ordered 
destroyed.