2589. Adulteration of  flour.     U.   S.   v.  140  Bags   of Flour.     Consent   decree  of
condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond to be reconditioned.
(F. D.-C. No. 5196.   Sample No. 37890-E.)
On. or about July 21, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia Hied a libel against 140 96-pound bags of flour at Atlanta, Ga., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 24 and May 16, 
1941, by Waggoner-Gates Milling Co. from Independence, Mo.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy 
substance. The article was labeled in part: "Howard Patent Roller Process 
Winter Wheat Flour."
On August 22, 1941, Paradies & Rich, Atlanta, Ga., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond to be reconditioned under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration. Subsequently it was denatured so 
that it could not be used for human consumption.