18815. Adulteration and Misbranding of processed yolk blend. U. S. v. 
Benjamin Holland (Benjamin Holland Manufacturing; Co.). Flea 
of sruilty.    Fine, $50.    (P. & D. No. 25724.    I. S. No. 852.)
Samples of a product represented to be a processed yolk blend having been 
found to be a mixture of dried egg yolk and dried skim milk, the Secretary of 
Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Washington.
On May 12, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Benjamin 
Holland, trading as the Benjamin Holland Manufacturing Co., Seattle, Wash., 
alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, 
on or about July 12, 1930, from the State of Washington into the State of 
Montana, of a quantity of processed yolk blend, which was adulterated and 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: " Processed Yolk Blend a Mix- 
ture   *   *   *   Benjamin Holland Mfg. Co., Seattle."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
a substance, to wit, dried and powdered skim milk, had been mixed and packed 
therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength, and had been substituted in part for a processed and blended mixture 
of egg yolk, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Processed Yolk 
Blend A Mixture," borne on the barrel containing the article, was false and 
misleading in that the said statement represented that the article was a proc- 
essed and blended mixture of egg yolk consisting solely of egg yolk; and for 
the further reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was a processed and blended mix- 
ture of egg yolk, consisting solely of egg yolk; whereas it was not, but was a 
compound mixture consisting of approximately 60 per cent of egg yolk and 40 
per cent of dried and powdered skimd milk.
On July 21, 1931, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.