14143.  Adulteration  and   misbranding   of   prepared   mustard.     U.   S.  v.   11 
Cases, et al., of Prepared Mustard.    Default  order of destruction 
entered.     (F. & D. No. 19119.    I. S. No. 20807-v.    S. No. W-1599.) 
On November 22, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 11 cases, each containing one dozen bottles, and 4 cases, each containing
three dozen bottles, of prepared mustard, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Salt Lake City, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Morehouse Mustard Mills, from Oakland, Calif., July 1, 1924, and trans- 
ported from the State of California into the State of Utah, and charging adul- 
teration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Prepared Old English Style 8 Oz. When 
Packed Morehouse Mustard Mustard Seed, Vinegar, Spices Salt and Tur- 
meric   Morehouse Mustard Mills   Los Angeles   Oakland."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance, added mustard bran, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been sub- 
stituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement 
borne on the labels, " Mustard Seed, Vinegar, Spices, Salt And Turmeric 8 Oz. 
When Packed," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the pur- 
chaser, and for the further reason that the article was an imitation of and 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On June 24, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree of 
the court was entered, adjudging the product to be adulterated and misbranded 
and ordering its destruction by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.