4888. Adulteration and misbranding of egg substitute. U. S. v. 106 Cans and 
69 Cans of Mo-Yok (egg substitute). Default decrees Of condemnation 
and destruction.    (F. D. C. Nos. 8913, 8914.    Sample Nos. 17781-F, 17782-F.)
This product was. a yellow, thick solution of a starchy substance in water, 
having the flavor of a cereal product   It contained flies, cockroaches, rodent 
hairs, and insect fragments.
On November 30, 1942* the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of New York filed libels against 165 80-pound cans of egg substitute at Brook- 
• lyn, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about November 2 and 4, 1942, by Samuel Greenbaum, from Newark, N. J.; 
and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article Was sold as 
"Mo-Yok." Some of the cans were unlabeled and the remainder were labeled 
in part:   "Frozen Eggs," "Whole Eggs," or "Yolks."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance. 
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The portion contained in the labeled cans was alleged to be misbranded (1) 
in that the names "Frozen Eggs," "Whole Eggs," and "Yolks" were false and 
misleading as applied to a solution of a starchy substance in water; (2) in that 
it was in package form and failed to bear a label containing the name and place 
of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (3) in that it-had 
been fabricated from two or more ingredients and its label failed to bear the 
common or usual name of each such ingredient."
The portion contained in the unlabeled cans was alleged to be misbranded 
(i) in that it was in package form and failed to bear a label containing the name 
and place of business of the manufacturer;"packer, or distributor; (2) in that 
it failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the 
contents; and (3) in that it was fabricated from two or more ingredients and 
its label failed to bear the common or usual name of each ingredient. 
. On December 28, 1942, and January 4, 1943, no claimant having appeared, 
!   judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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