15255. Adulteration of self-rising flour.   U. S. v. 62 Bags   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No.
27658.   Sample No. 60711-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    July 20, 1949, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about March 15, 1949, by the Moundridge Mill &
Elevator Co., from Moundridge, Kans. 
PRODUCT:   62   50-pound bags of self-rising flour at Trenton, Tenn.
LABEL IN PART: "Pure Food * * * Bleached Flour * * * Enriched 
Self-Rising."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted ia 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect frag- 
ments and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION: August 29, 1949. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be sold to the highest bidder, to be converted for use 
other than for human consumption.