4281. Adulteration of flour.   IT. S. v. 692 Bags and 9 Bags of Flour (and 2 addi¬
tional seizure actions against flour). Consent decree of condemnation. 
Product ordered released under bond for denaturing. (F. D. C. Nos. 8487, 
8497. 8498.    Sample Nos.  17846-F, 17849-F, 17850-F, 17851-F.)
On October 6, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York filed libels against a total of 858 140-pound bags of flour, and 417 
120-pound bags at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce within the period from on or about July 8 to on or about 
August 25, 1942, by the Philadelphia Macaroni Co. from Philadelphia, Pa.; 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: (Tag) "Ravena Mallow 
Capital Flour Mills, Inc.   St. Paul, Minn."
On December 8, 1942, the libels were consolidated into one action, and on 
December 11, 1942, the Philadelphia Macaroni Co., claimant,' having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond . 
for denaturing under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration and 
disposition for purposes other than human consumption.