3858. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 40 Bags of Flour (and 7 other seizure ac¬
tions against flour). Decrees of condemnation. One lot ordered re- 
leased under bond to be denatured. Remainder ordered destroyed with 
the exception of one lot which was ordered delivered to a charitable 
institution for use as hog or cattle feed. (F. D. C. Nos. 7948. 8048, 8102, 
8108, 8186, 8274, 8282, 8423 Sample Nos. 9221-F to 9224-F., incl., 9229-F to 
9231-F, incl., 9233-F, 9431-F, 17803-F, 17817-F, 17827-F, 29017-F.)
Between July 21,1942, and September 24,1942, the United States attorneys for 
the District of New Jersey, Eastern District of New York, Southern District of 
New York, Eastern District of Louisiana, Southern District of Georgia and 
Southern District of Mississippi filed libels against 48 98-pound bags of flour at 
Jersey City, N. J., 27 98-pound bags of flour at Brooklyn, N. Y., 167 140-pound 
bags of flour at Maspeth, L. I., N. Y., 85 98-pound bags, 94 48-pound bags, 112 24- 
pound bags and 187 6-pound bags of flour at Donaldsonville, La., 106 20-pound 
bags, 99 24-pound bags, and 30 98-pound bags of flour at Baton Rouge, La., 70 
12-pound bags of flour at Brunswick, Ga., and 74 98-pound bags of flour at Brook- 
haven, Miss., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
within the period from on or about January 31, 1942, to on or about August 5, 
1942, by the General Mills, Inc., from Buffalo, N. Y., Minneapolis, Minn., Wichita 
Falls, Tex., Jacksonville, Fla., Wichita, Kans., and Oklahoma City, Okla.; 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) "Pecco Fancy Clear Bleached 
Flour Packed for J. Pechman & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y."; "Washburn Crosby 
* * * Radio Rye Flour Bleached"; "Hi-Protein Type Gold Medal Whole Wheat 
Flour"^; "Washburn's Gold Medal * * * Enriched Self-Rising Flour"; "Tex- 
oka * * * 100% Whole Wheat Flour"; "Reliance Brand Phosphated Flour 
Bleached Packed for Consolidated Companies, Inc. Plaquemine, La."; "Enriched 
with Vitamins and Iron * * * Washburn Crosby Flour * * * Bleached 
Self-Rising Gold Medal Flour"; or "Bottom Dollar Bleached Self-Rising Flour," 
(sack) "Bleached Flour   *    *   * . Okoma Special."
On November 23, 1942, J. Pechman & Co., Inc., Maspeth, N. Y., claimant for 
the flour seized at that point, having admitted the allegations of the libel and 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the product was ordered released under bond for denaturing under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration and disposition for uses 
other than human consumption.
Between August 4, 1942, and December 9, 1942, no claimant having appeared 
for the flour in the remaining seizures, judgments of condemnation were entered 
and the lot located at Brunswick was ordered delivered to a local charitable 
institution to be denatured and fed to cattle or hogs and the remaining lots 
were ordered destroyed.