12853. Adulteration, and misbranding: of prepared mustard. U. S. v. 300 
Cases of Prepared Mustard. Consent decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 18834. I. S. 
No. 20210-v.    S. No. W-1523.)
On July 14,1924, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 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 
ol 300 cases of prepared mustard, at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Morehouse Mustard Mills, from Oakland, Calif., on 
or about June 1, 1924, and transported from the State of California into 
the State of Oregon, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Jar) "Pre- 
pared Old English Style Morehouse Mustard, Mustard Seed, Vinegar, Spices, 
Salt, and Turmeric. Morehouse * * * Mills, Los Angeles, Oakland"; 
(case) " Old English Morehouse Best Prepared Mustard."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
added mustard bran had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly 
or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, in that the designation above 
quoted, appearing on the cases and jars, was false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchaser when applied to a product containing added mustard 
bran.
On August 25, 1924, L. H. Morehouse and B. Morehouse, copartners, trading 
as the Morehouse Mustard Mills of the State of California, having appeared 
as claimants for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be released to the said claimants upon payment of the costs of the 
proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with 
section 10 of the act.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.