21617. Adulteration and misbranding of egg noodles. U. S. v. Figler- 
Saltzman & Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $25. (F. & D. no. 28131. 
I.S. no. 35871.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of a product represented to 
be egg noodles, which was found to contain insufficient egg solids to be classed 
as egg noodles and which was artificially colored to simulate the appearance 
of egg noodles.
On December 13, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Figler-Saltzraan & Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, III., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about October 19, 1931, from the State of Illinois into the 
State of Michigan, of a quantity of egg noodles that were adulterated and 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Taste Good Genuine 
Egg Noodles Mfg. by Figler, Saltzman & Glick, Inc.,    *    *    *    Chicago."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
product deficient in egg solids had been substituted for egg noodles, which the 
article purported to be. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that 
the article was colored with undeclared artificial color in a manner whereby 
its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Egg Noodles ", 
borne on the carton, was false and misleading, and for the further reason that 
the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since it was 
not egg noodles, being deficient in egg solids. Misbranding was alleged for the 
further reason that the article was deficient in egg solids and contained 
an undeclared artificial coloring substance and was offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of another article, egg noodles, and for the further reason that 
it was an imitation of another article.
On December 13, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.