27942. Adulteration and misbranding of Limburger cheese.    XT. S. v. 12 Cases,
3 Cases, and 86 Packages of Limburger Cheese. Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 40149, 40150, 40151. Sample 
Nos. 43442-C, 43443-C. 50767-C.)
This product contained insect fragments. A portion was labeled to indicate 
that it was of foreign origin, whereas it was a domestic product
On or about August 15, and August 18, 1937, the United States attorneys 
for the Eastern District of Washington and the Eastern District of Louisiana, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed In the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 12 cases of Limburger cheese at 
Spokane, Wash., and 3 cases and 66 packages of the same product at New 
Orleans, La., alleging that it had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about July 20 and 24, 1937, by Badger Brodhead Cheese Co. from Monroe, 
Wis., and charging Adulteration of the former and adulteration and misbrand- 
ing of the latter in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion was labeled: 
(Wrapper on packages) "Alter Deutscher Echter Limburger Kaese [English 
translation—Old German Genuine Limburger Cheese]." The remainder was 
labeled: "Finest Quality Badger Brand * * * Limburger Cheese American 
Style   *   *   *   Badger-Brodhead Cheese Co. Monroe, Wis."
Both lots were alleged to be adulterated in that the product consisted wholly 
or in part of a filthy animal substance.
A portion was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Alter Deli- 
ver Echter Limburger Kaese" was false and misleading and tended to deceive 
and mislead the purchaser when applied to a domestic product; and in that it 
purported to be a foreign product when not so.
On October 8 and December 2, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.