6175. Adulteration and misbranding of alimentary paste.   U.S.   *   *   *   v. Seattle Macaroni?
Mfg. Co., a corporation.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $50.   (F. &D. No. 8326.   I. S. No. 20932-1.)
On March 29,1918, the United States attorney for the Western District of Washing??
ton, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against the Seattle Macaroni?
Mfg. Co., a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said company, in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 3,1916, from the State of Washington?
into the State of Oregon, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Venetia Brand?
Supreme Quality Italian Style Lasagnette," which was adulterated and misbranded.?
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:?
Boiling test: Fair.?
Cooking test: Fair.?
Artificial color: Present.?
Translucency: Very good.?
Vitrousness of fracture: Very good.
Residue  from  ammoniacal-alcoholic  extract shows presence of some?
semolina.
It is made in part from an inferior grade of flour and is artificially colored?
to conceal inferiority.?
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that it was?
artificially colored in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit,?
"Di Pura Semola," borne on the box containing the article, regarding it and the?
ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading in that it?
represented that the article consisted exclusively of pure semola; and for the further?
reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser?
into the belief that it consisted exclusively of pure semola, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, it did not, but consisted in part of flour, an article inferior to pure semola.
On April 6,1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
CAEL VROOMAN,?
Acting^Secretary of Agriculture,
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