1698. Misbranding of   spices   and   tartaric   acid.     U.   S.  v.   2%   Gross  Boxes   of
Gloves, 2 Gross. Boxes of Tartaric Acid, and 5 Gross Boxes of Caraway 
Seeds.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No.
1942.    Sample Nos. 10916-E, 10917-E, 10918-E.)
The paper bag containing the cloves occupied less than 65 percent of the 
height of its carton, the carton containing the tartaric acid was filled to less 
than 30 percent of its height, and the paper bag containing the caraway seeds 
occupied only about 45 percent of the height of its carton.
On May 9, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey filed 
a libel against 2% gross boxes of cloves, 2 gross boxes of tartaric acid, and 5 
gross boxes of caraway seeds at Newark, N. J., alleging that the articles had been 
shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or about March 1 to 
on or about April 10, 1940, by the Safe Owl Products, Inc., from Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
and charging that they were misbranded in that their containers were so made, 
formed, or filled as to be misleading. The articles were labeled variously: "Uco 
Brand * * * Whole Cloves [or "Caraway Seeds"] Co Corporation Newark, 
N. J."; "Safe Owl Brand    *    *    *    Pure Sour Salt (Tartaric Acid)."
On June 2, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.