NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1181.
(Given pursuant to seetlen 4 of the Food and Drags Act.)
MISBRANDING OF EGG NOODLES.
On July 31, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed information in the Circuit Court of the United 
States for said district against the Maas Baking Co., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act of 
June 30, 1906, on or about February 15, 1910, from the State of New 
York into the State of New Jersey of a quantity of egg noodles 
which were misbranded. The product wa labeled: "Maas Baking 
Co. Egg Noodles Broad (Small type) : Art. Col'd-Mac' Color Vest 
Compound, Saffron used."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture of a sample of this product showed it to be 
colored with a coal-tar dye known as Naphthol Yellow S, and dis- 
closed no evidence of any egg being contained in said product. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the reason that said product was labeled 
" egg noodles " when in fact it contained no egg, and the legend used 
to designate the presence of artificial color is misleading in that it 
conveys the impression that saffron is the coloring matter used when 
in fact the product is colored with a coal-tar dye, and saffron, if 
present at all, is in a very minute quantity, and the statements on the 
label were therefore false and misleading.
On September 6, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and was 
fined $25.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 28, 1911.
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