29481. Adulteration  and misbranding of flour.     U.  S. v.  149  Sacks of Flour.
-Decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond for relabeling.
(F. & D. No. 43767.   Sample No. 36052-D.)
This product was bleached flour and the fact that it was bleached was hot 
stated on the label.
On September 7, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 149 sacks of flour at 
Oakland, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 20, 1938, by Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. from Astoria, 
Oreg.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Pillsbury's Extra Fancy Sno- 
res Cake Flour Matured With Beta Chlora."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that bleached flour had been sub- 
stituted wholly or in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement "Cake Flour" was false and 
misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to 
flour that was bleached. Misbranding was alleged further in that it was labeled 
end branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser since the label failed 
to bear a conspicuous statement indicating that the flour was bleached.
On September 22,1938, the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. having appeared as claim- 
ant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered re- 
leased under bond conditioned that it be relabeled to conform to the requirements 
of the law.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.