16724.  Adulteration and misbranding1 of mayonnaise.     TJ. S. v.  12 Oases of 
Mayonnaise.     Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 23637.    I. S. No.  07322.    S. No.  1870.)
On April 23, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Montana, 
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 12 cases of mayonnaise at Butte, Mont., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Nalleys (Inc.) from' Tacoma, Wash., on or about September 18, 1928, 
and transported from the State of Washington into the State of Montana, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs1 act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Jar) " Nalleys Mayonnaise, * * * Nalleys 
Pure Food Products, Tacoma, Seattle, Portland."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance, to wit, mineral oil, had been mixed and packed with and substituted 
wholly or in part for edible oil, so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect the 
quality and strength of the said article, in that a valuable constituent, to wit, 
edible oil, had been wholly or in part abstracted from the said article, and in 
that starch and artificial coloring had been added thereto.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " Mayonnaise " 
and the statement " Pure Food," borne on the label, were false and misleading 
.and deceived and misled the purchaser when applied to an article containing 
mineral oil, starch, and artificial coloring.
On August 13, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the' court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHXJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.