2545. Adulteration of onion powder.     IT.  S. v.  10 Cans  of Onion Powder   (and
3 other seizures of onion powder). Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 4932, 5114, 5137, 6231. . Sample Nos. 56921-E, 
69490-E, 69833-E, 74822-E.)
Samples of this product were found to contain metal and insect fragments, 
sand, and dirt.
On July 11, 15, and 17. and November 17, 1941, the United States attorneys 
for the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of New York filed 
libels-against 12 cans and 6 cases each containing 2 cans of onion powder at 
Jersey City, N. J., and 10 cans and 19 cartons each containing 2 cans of onion 
powder at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce by the Burbank Corporation from Los Angeles, Calif., with- 
in the period from on or about October 2, 1940, to on or about October 4, 1941; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy substance. The article was labeled in part: "Cal Deg Onion Powder 
Yellow [or "White"]"; (cans) "Net Weight 25 Lbs."; and (cases and cartons) 
"Net Weight 50 Lbs."
On August 19 and September 4 and 10, 1941, and January 8, 1942, no claimant 
having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product 
was ordered destroyed.