10045. Adulteration of phosphated flour and self-rising flour.    U. S. v. 45 Bags,
etc., of Flour. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered re- 
leased under bond. (F. D. C. Nos. 17420 to 17424, incl. Sample Nos. 24747-H 
to 24749-H, incl., 24862-H, 24863-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 10, 1945, Northern District of Mississippi.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of September 14,1944, and 
June 11, 1945, by the Shawnee Milling Co., Shawnee, Okla., the Crete Mills, 
Crete, Nebr., the Burley Flour Mills, Burley, Idaho, the Larabee Flour Mills 
Co., Clinton, Mo., and the Ismert-Hincke Milling Co., Topeka, Kans.
PRODUCT: 180 5-pound bags, 306 10-pound bags, 645 25-pound bags, and 156 
50-pound bags of flour at Drew, Miss. Samples of these products were found 
to contain weevils and larvae.
LABEL, IN PART: "Shawnee's Best Flour Bleached Self-Rising," "Victor 
Self-Rising Flour Bleached," "Bleached Phosphated [or "Self-Rising"] Flour," 
"Larabee's Airy Flour Enriched Self-Rising," or "White Dough (White Doe) 
Flour   Phosphated   Self-Rising   Bleached."
NATURE OF CHARGE :   The product was liable to seizure under Section 304.
DISPOSITION : September 10, 1945. The Sunflower Grocery Co., Drew, Miss., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, the court entered judgment 
finding the product adulterated in violation of Section 402 (a) (3) and ordered 
that the flour be condemned. The decree provided further that the product 
might be released under bond, conditioned that it be converted into stock feed or 
other commercial products.