30370. Adulteration and misbranding of flour.    V. S. v. 61 Bags of Flour   (and
2 other seizure actions against the same product). Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 43590, 43601, 43602, 44049. 
Sample Nos. 37841-D, 38061-D, 38063-D, 38064-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found to 
be insect-infested. One lot was bleached but was not labeled to show that it 
was bleached.
On or about September 8, October 1, and October 10, 1938, the United States 
attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, acting upon reports by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 427 bags of flour in various lots at Lafayette, Opelousas, and 
De Ridder, La., consigned in part by General Mills, Inc., in part from Okla- 
homa City, Okla., and in part from Wichita Falls, Tex.; alleging that the 
article had been shipped within the period from on or about March 23, 1938, 
to on or about August 24, 1938; and charging that the article was adulterated, 
and that a part was misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The 
article was labeled in part variously: "Landmark Flour, Oklahoma City Mill 
and Elev. Co., Oklahoma City, Okla."; "Big Bird [or "Express"] Flour, Pru- 
dential Milling Co., Distributor, Minneapolis, Minn."; "Purasnow Flour 
*    *    *   Wichita Mill & Elevator Co., Wichita Falls, Texas."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy vegetable substance. The Landmark brand was alleged to be adul- 
terated further in that bleached flour had been substituted wholly or in part 
for the article.
The Landmark brand was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement 
"Flour," borne on the label, was false and misleading and tended to deceive 
and mislead the purchaser when applied to bleached flour.
On January 6 and February 2, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.