4712. Adulteration of flour.    U. S. v. 80 Bags and 266 Bags of Flour.    Decrees of
condemnation.    Portion of product ordered released under bond to be 
denatured for use as animal feed, remainder ordered destroyed.     (F. D.
C. Nos. 8194, 8459.   Sample Nos. 8816-F, 25212-F.)
On September 2 and September 30, 1942, the United States attorneys for the 
Eastern District of North Carolina and the Middle District of Alabama filed 
libels against 80 24-pounds bags of flour at Rocky Mount, N. C., and 266 6-pound 
bags of flour at Montgomery, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about May 6 and August 27, 1942,. by J. Allen 
Smith,-& Co., Knoxville, Tenn.; 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: (Tags) "Admiration Self-Rising Flour," or "White Lily Self-Rising 
Flour."
_ On November 4, 1942, no claimant having appeared for the lots located at 
Rocky Mount, N. C, judgment of 'condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered destroyed. On November 27, 1942, the Sellers •'Grocery Go. of 
Montgomery, Ala., having appeared for the Jot located there, and having con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered (amended 
December 16, 1942) and the product was ordered released under bond for 
denaturing, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, for 
use as animal feed.