9435. Adulteration of  self-rising flour.    U.   S.  v.  70  Bags  of  Self-rising Flour
(and 2 other seizure actions against self-rising flour). Default decrees 
of condemnation. Portion of product ordered delivered to a Federal 
institution for use as hog feed;  remainder ordered destroyed.     (F. D. C.
Nos. 17306, 18130, 18187.    Sample Nos. 400-H, 788-H, 1322-H.)
LIBELS FILED: On or about September 13, October 26, and November 21, 1945, 
Eastern District of South Carolina and Northern and Southern Districts of 
Florida.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about May 31, July 20, and September 27, 1945,
from Richmond, Va., and Mobile, Ala., by the Dixie-Portland Flour Co. 
PRODUCT:    Self-rising flour.    70   50-pound bags at Hartsvile, S. C, 74   25-pound
bags and 42    10-pound bags at Tallahassee, Fla., and 28    50-pound bags at
Lake City, Fla. 
LABEL IN PART:     "Sweet   Home   Self-Rising   Bleached   Flour,"   "Self-Rising
Flour    Golden West      Flour," "Enriched    Self-Rising   Flour * * *  Snowball
Flour   Milled for Majestic Flour Mill   Aurora, Mo." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:    Adulteration, Section 402 (a)   (3), the article consisted in
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of weevils,
larvae, and cast skins. 
DISPOSITION :    October 12 and December 11, 1945, and May 18, 1946.    No claimant
having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered
that the Tallahassee lot be delivered to a federal institution, for use as hog
feed, and that the other lots be destroyed.