12811. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   cheese.     U.   S.   v.   15   Boxes   of
Cheese.     Product  ordered destroyed.     (F. & D.  No.  18719.     I.  S.  No. 
17782-v.    S. No. C-4408.)
On June 2, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 15 boxes of cheese, consigned from Chicago, Ill., remain- 
ing in the original unbroken packages at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Chicago Cheese & Farm Products Co., May 27, 
1924, in interstate commerce, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Daisy 
Brand Dutch Cheese Chicago Cheese and Farm Products Co. This product is 
made of natural soured curd free from animal fat flavored with nut sub- 
stances.    Complies with all pure food laws."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
cocoanut oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to injuriously affect 
its quality, and for the further reason that cheese made from foreign sab- 
stances had been substituted wholly or in part for cheese made from ani- 
mal fat.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation 
of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, 
cheese, which is a product made from animal fat. Misbranding was alleged 
for the further reason that the article was labeled " cheese," which is required 
by law to be made from animal fat substances, so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser, and for the further reason that the statement " cheese " was 
false and misleading in that the said product contained foreign fat.
On July 3, 1924, the product having been therefofore ordered by the court 
to be sold and no market appearing to exist for its sale, judgment of the court 
was entered, ordering that it be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.