19427. Adulteration and Misbranding of mustard. U. S. v. Matthew Gor- 
manson, Mlcbael D. Gormanson, and Oscar H. "Wallin, copartners 
(Cook   Mustard   Manufacturing   Co.).     Plea    of   guilty.    Fine,   $60.
(P. & D. No. 25716.    I. S. Nos. 014132, 014135, O29203.)
This action involved the interstate shipments of quantities of French style 
and prepared mustard, which were found to contain added wheat starch, mus- 
tard bran, and a coloring substance.
On May 25, 1931, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Matthew 
Gormanson, Michael D. Gormanson, and Oscar H. Wallin, copartners, trading as 
Cook Mustard Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, Minn., alleging shipment by said 
defendants, in viohition of the food and drugs act, on or about January 27 and 
January 30, 1930, from the State of Minnesota into the States of South Dakota 
and North Dakota, of quantities of French style mustard and prepared mustard, 
which were adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
" French Style Mustard Flavored and Colored with Turmeric Manufactured by 
Cook Mustard Mfg. Co., St. Paul, Minn.;" "Prepared Mustard * * * 
Packed by Foley Bros. Grocery Co. Main Office St. Paul, Minn."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
wheat starch and mustard bran had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce and lower and injuriously affect their quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged for the 
further reason that a coloring substance, to wit, turmeric, had been mixed with 
said articles in a manner whereby their inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " French Style 
Mustard " and " Prepared Mustard," appearing on the labeling of the respective 
articles, were false and misleading, and for the further reason that the articles 
were labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the 
said statements represented the articles to be French style mustard and stand- 
ard mustard, respectively, articles which should not contain wheat starch and 
mustard bran, whereas they were not French style mustard and standard mus- 
tard, since they contained wheat starch and mustard bran.
On June 22,1931, the defendants entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $60.
ABTHTEB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.