15261. A-d-u.-ltera.tion and Misbranding of iu,a,ea-ronl. V. S. v.. 19 Boxes, of 
Macaroni. Default decree of conttemna|tion, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (P. & D. No. 21524.    I. S. No. 14439-x.    S. No. O-5S07.)
On January 10, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 19 boxes of macaroni, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
A. Morici Co., Chicago, Ill., December 6, 1926, and transported from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Triumph Brand Bologna Style * * * Artificially Colored * * * Man- 
ufactured and Guaranteed by Chicago Macaroni Co. Chicago, U. S. A,"
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the 'libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance, an imitation egg alimentary paste, containing little or no egg, had been 
mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its 
quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for'the said 
article. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the article was 
colored in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of 
another article.
On February 23, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE,   Secretary  of  Agriculture.