23853. Misbranding of mayonnaise.    V.  S. v. Alvin A.  Bauer  (Baumer's 
Food   Products   Co.).    Plea   of   guilty.    Fine,   $100.     (F.   &   D.   no.
31492.    Sample no. 35544-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of mayonnaise that contained 
added water and gum, substances which are not normal ingredients of mayon- 
naise.
On March 19, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Alvin A. Baumer, trading as Baumer's 
Food Products Co., New Orleans, La., alleging shipment by said defendant on 
or about September 23, 1932, from the State of Louisiana into the State of 
Mississippi, of a quantity of mayonnaise which was adulterated and mis- 
branded. The article was labeled in part: (Jar) " Crystal Brand Mayonnaise 
Made From Vinegar, Egg Yolk, Vegetable Oil, etc. Baumer's Food Products Co. 
New Orleans, La."
The article was alleged to be .adulterated in that added substances, water 
and gum, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and' lower and 
injuriously affect its quality, and had been substituted in part for the article. 
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the article had been mixed 
with water and gum in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Mayonnaise 
Made From Vinegar, Egg Yolk, Vegetable Oil, etc.", borne on the jar label, was 
false and misleading, and for the further reason that it was labeled so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchasers, since the said statement represented that 
the article was mayonnaise made from vinegar, egg yolk, vegetable oil, and 
other ingredients only which constitute mayonnaise, whereas it contained added 
water and gum, substances that mayonnaise does not contain.
On December 10, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the court 
imposed a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.