16400. Adulteration of Creme de Menthe Liquid Color No. 4923 (coal-tar color).
U.   S.  v.  4   Carboys   *    *    *.    (F.   D.   C   No.  29027.    Sample  No. 
73775-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 30,1950, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 8, 1950, by W. J. Bush & Co., Inc., 
from Linden, N. J.
PRODUCT:   4   5-gallon carboys of coal-tar color at Hudson, N. Y.
LABEL IN PART : "5 Gal. Creme de Menthe Liquid Color No. 4923 Made from 
Certified Color   Lot No. D7563   D9329   For Manufacturing Only."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (c), the product contained a 
coal-tar color other than one from a batch that had been certified in accordance
with the regulations. (Examination disclosed that the product consisted of 
Brilliant Blue FGF and Tartrazine, coal-tar colors, dissolved in a mixture of 
water and propylene glycol.)
DISPOSITION*:    June 21, 1950.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction. 
INDEX TO NOTICES OF JUDGMENT F. N. J. NOS. 16351 to 16400
Products
N. J. No.
Apple butter 
16380
Bakery products 
16351,16352
Beans 
16381
green, canned 
16382
Brewers rice 
16358
Butter 
16359-16362
Cake Cones 
16352
Catsup, tomato 
16388
Cereals and cereal products 16351-
16358,16381
Chili, ground 
16392
Coal-tar color 
16400
Coconut and pineapple, sugared,
canned 
1639S
Color, coal-tar 
16400
Cones, ice cream 
16352
Cookies 
16351
Corn, canned 
16383,16384
meal 
16357
Crab meat 
16373
Creme de Menthe liquid Color
No. 4923 (coal-tar color) 16400
Dairy products 
16359-16362
Dwarfies wheat germ 
16397
Eggs, frozen, whole 
16363
Fish and shellfish 
16364-16375
Flavors.   See Spices, flavors, and 
seasoning materials.
Flour 
16353
Fruits and vegetables 116376-16389
fruit butter 
16380
canned 
16376,16377
dried 
16378,16379
tomatoes and tomato
products 
16387-16389
vegetables 
*16381-16386
Horseradish 
16393
lee cream cones 
16352
N. J. No.
Macaroni and noodle products 16354
Mackerel, frozen 
16365
Multivitalin Spheroids (tablets)- 16394 
Nine Vitamin and Nine Mineral
Spheroids  (tablets) 
16396
Noodles.   See    Macaroni    and 
noodle products.
Nuts 
16390,16391
Parkamins Syloeaps 
16395
Peaches,   canned-- 
16376
Pears, canned 
16377
Peas 
16381
Pecan meats 
16390
Perch fillets, frozen 
16366
Pistachio   nuts 
16391
Popcorn 
16355,16356
cheese-flavored 
16356
Potato (es) 
116385,16386
salad 
16399
Raspberries, black, dried 
16379
Rice 
16357,16381
brewers 
16358
Shellfish.   See Fish and shellfish.
Shrimp, canned 
16374
frozen 
16375
Spices,   flavors,   and   seasoning
materials 
16392,16393
Tomato(es), canned 
16387
catsup 
16388
puree 
16389
Vegetables.   See Fruits and vege- 
tables. 
Vitamin, mineral, and other prod- 
ucts of special dietary signifi- 
cance  
16394-16397
Wheat germ, Dwarfies 
16397
Whiting, frozen 
16367-16372
(16385) Seizure contested.   Contains opinion of the court.