11036.?Adulteration and misbranding- of flour.     U. S. v. 620 Sacks of Flour.
?Decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product released under?
bond.     (F. & D. No. 16492.    I. S. No. 11212-t.    S. No. W-1128.)
On June 28, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 620 sacks of flour, remaining in the original unbroken pack??
ages at Los Angeles, Calif., consigned by the Anthony Mills, Anthony, Kans.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped from Anthony, Kans., on or about?
.Tune 9, 1922, and transported from the State of Kansas into the State of Cali??
fornia, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " 98 Lbs. National?
Flour The Anthony Mills, Anthony Kansas Branch, Matured, Bleached."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason \hat a sub??
stance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly?
or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " 98 Lbs.," appear??
ing on the sacks containing the article, was false and misleading and deceived?
and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that?
the article was [food] in package form, and the quantity of the contents was?
not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On July 17, 1922, the Anthony Mills, Anthony, Kans., having entered an?
appearance as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for??
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be re??
leased to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and?
the execution of a bond in the sum of $4,500, in conformity with section 10 of?
the act.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.