3437. Adulteration of flour.    U.  S. v.  888  Bags of Flour.     Consent decree  of
condemnation.     Product ordered,  released  under bond to be reworked.
(F. D. C. No. 5933.   Sample Nos. 49841-E to 49845-E, incl.)
On or about October 8,1841, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of Mississippi filed a libel against 32 48-pound bags, 395 24-pound bags, 
and 461 12-pound bags of flour at Hattiesburg, Miss., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or about 
May 21 to on or about July 31, 1941, in part by Riverview Mills Co. and in part 
by Ismert-Hincke Milling Co. from Topeka, Kans.; 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: (Bags) "Sno-Boy * * * Flour"; "sno- 
tty * * * Flour * * * Self-Rising"; "Sno-Cloud * * * Flour"; "Lovely 
Lady   *   *   *   Flour"; or "Lovely Lady   *   *   *    Flour   *   *   *   Self-Rising."
On April 14,1942, Shelby Wholesale Grocery, Inc., claimant, having adnuittef 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the
product was ordered released under bond to be reworked under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration, and disposed of for purposes other than 
human consumption.   It was denatured for use as hog feed.
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