109&4. Adulteration and misbranding- of flour. U. S. v. 3,000 Sacks and?
2,200 Sacks of Flour. Consent decrees of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product released under bond. (P. & D. Nos. 16617, 1664 L.?
I.  S. Nos. 8052-v, 8054-v.    S. Nos. W-1154,  W-1159.)
On July 11 and 18, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney for the?
.Northern District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels?
for tlnfe seizure and condemnation of 5,200 sacks of flour, consigned by the?
Seattle Flour Mills, Seattle, Wash., remaining in the original unbroken packages?
at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped from?
Seattle, Wash., in part on or about June 28, 1922, and in part July 17, 1922,?
.and transported from the State of Washington into the State of California,?
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Seattle Flour Mills White?
Sponge * * * Seattle, Wash. U. S. A. Flour Bleached 98 Lbs. Best?
Bakers."
Adulteration was alleged in the libel with respect to a portion of the article?
for the reason that water had been mixed and packed with and substituted?
wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance with respect to both consignments of?
the article for the reason that the statement appearing on the labels of the?
sacks containing the said article, to wit, " 98 Lbs." or " 98 Lbs. Net When?
Packed," as the case might be, was false and misleading and deceived and misled?
the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article?
was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly?
and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On July 13 and 19, 1922, respectively, the Seattle Flour Mills, Seattle, Wash.,?
having entered appearances as claimant for the property through its agent,?
A. Hillebrandt, and having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of?
condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the pro??
ceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $21,300, in con??
formity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the said product?
be made to conform with the said act, under the supervision of this department.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.