10485. Adulteration  and misbranding of popcorn  seasoning  oil.     IT.   S.  v.  50
Cartons   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No. 21334.   Sample No. 72611-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 17,1946, District of Utah.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about August 28, 1946, by the Bernau Processing
Plant, from Lake City, Iowa. 
PRODUCT:   50 cartons, each containing 4   1-gallon jugs, of popcorn seasoning
oil at Salt Lake City, Utah. 
LABEL, IN PART :    "Popswell Brand   Popcorn Seasoning."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), artificially colored and 
flavored mineral oil, which had no food value, had been substituted for pop- 
corn seasoning, a product consisting of butter or edible vegetable oil, which 
the article was represented to be; and, Section 402 (b) (4), artificial color and 
artificial flavor had been added to mineral oil so as to make it appear to be 
butter oil, which is better and of greater value than the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Popcorn Seasoning" was 
false and misleading as applied to a product consisting of mineral oil, arti- 
ficially colored and artificially flavored.
DISPOSITION : December 20, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment was 
entered ordering that the product be destroyed.