14807. Adulteration and misbranding of macaroni.    U.  S. v. 345  Cases  of
Alimentary Paste, et al. Consent decrees of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 21220, 
21221, 21222, 21223. I. S. Nos. 13406-x, 13421-x, 13417-x, 13655-x. S. Nos 
E-5828, E-5839, E-5845, E-5848.)
On August 10, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 245 cases of alimentary paste and 153 cases of macaroni, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages in various lots at Waterbury, 
Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford, Conn., respectively, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Ronzoni Macaroni Co., Inc., Long Island City, 
N. Y., between the approximate dates of May 24 and July 21, 1926, and trans- 
ported from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charg- 
ing adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Alimentary Paste Superior Quality Emanuele 
Ronzoni Brand Macaroni * * * Ronzoni Macaroni Co., Inc. Artificially 
Colored."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
was colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of 
another article.
On December 16, 1926, the Ronzoni Macaroni Co., Inc., Long Island City, 
N. Y., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and having con- 
sented 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 the 
said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution 
of bonds totaling $900, conditioned in part that it be relabeled to bear the 
statement, " Imitation Egg Paste Artificially Colored and Contains No Eggs.'"
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.