0.5547. Adulteration and Misbranding of mustard. V. S. v. Louis H. More- 
House (Morehouse Mustard Mills, Paclters Supply Co.). Plea of 
guilty. Fine, $600. (F. & D. No. 19680. I S. Nos. 12004-v, 12005-v, 
20064-v, 20065-V, 20215-v, 20216-v, 20277-v, 20807-v.)
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On November 27, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District
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of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
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the District Court of the United States for said district an information against
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Louis  H.   Morehouse,   a   member   of   a   copartnership  trading   as   Morehouse
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Mustard  Mills,   and  Packers  Supply  Co.,   Oakland,   Calif.,   alleging  shipment
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by said defendant, in various consignments, between the dates of February 27,
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1924, and July 7, 1924, from the State of California into the States of Wash-
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ington, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah, respectively, of quantities of mustard which
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was adulterated and misbranded.   The article was labeled, variously: "Salad
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Morehouse   Mustard,   Mustard   Seed,   Mustard   Cake,   Vinegar,   Spices,   Salt
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and  Turmeric,  Morehouse,   Oakland,   Los  Angeles,   Seattle; "   " Prepared   Old 
English  Style Morehouse Mustard, Mustard  Seed,  Vinegar,  Spices,  Salt and
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Turmeric, Morehouse Mustard Mills, Los Angeles, Oakland; " " Prepared French
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Style, Morehouse Mustard Seed, Mustard Cake, Vinegar, Spices, Salt, More-
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house, Oakland, Los Angeles, Seattle; " " Palace Car Brand Salad Mustard."
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It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated, in that
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added mustard bran had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce,
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lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted
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in part for the said article. 
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Misbranding was alleged with respect to a portion of the article for the 
reason that the statements, to wit, " Salad Morehouse Mustard, Mustard Seed, 
Mustard Cake, Vinegar, Spices, Salt and Turmeric," " Prepared Old English 
Style Morehouse Mustard, Mustard Seed, Vinegar, Spices, Salt and Turmeric," 
"Prepared French Style Morehouse Mustard, Mustard Seed, Mustard Cake, 
Vinegar, Spices, Salt." borne on the respective labels, were false and mis- 
leading in that the said statements represented the article to be mustard, or 
prepared mustard, containing solely the declared ingredients, and for the 
further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser into the belief that it was mustard, or prepared mustard, con- 
taining solely the declared ingredients, whereas it was not mustard, or pre- 
pared mustard containing solely the said named ingredients, in that it con- 
tained mustard bran. Misbranding was alleged with respect to the remainder 
of the product for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Salad Mustard," 
borne on the label, was .false and misleading in that the said statement repre- 
sented the article to be salad mustard containing .solely the usual ingredients 
for prepared mustard, and for the further reason that it was labeled as afore- 
said so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was salad 
mustard containing solely the usual ingredients for prepared mustard, whereas 
it contained, among other ingredients, mustard bran. Misbranding was alleged 
with respect to all of the said article for the further reason that it was offered 
for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On January 12, 1928, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $600.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.