5042. Adulteration and misbranding of dehydrated' onion and garlic.    XT. S. v. I8I/2 Cases of
Dehydrated Onion and 18% Cases of Dehydrated Garlic.   Default decree of condemna- 
tion and destruction.   (F. D. C, No. 9025. • Sample Nos. 18833-F, 18834-F.)
On December: 21, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey 
filed a libel against 18j^ cases of'dehydrated onion and less cases of dehydrated 
garlic at Newark, N. J., alleging that the articles had been shipped on or about 
December 2, 1942, by C. F. Mattlage Sales Co. from New York, N. Y.; and charg- 
ing that they were adulterated and misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: 
"Dehydrated Onion [or "Garlic"] Mattlage Brand."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that dehydrated onion and dehy- 
drated garlic, both, containing .50 percent of oatmeal, had been substituted for dehy- 
drated onion and dehydrated garlic, respectively^ which; they purported to be, and in 
that oatmeal had been added to the articles and mixed and packed therewith so as 
to increase their bulk: and weight and reduce their quality and strength, or make 
them appear better and of greater value than they were.
The articles .were alleged to be misbranded in that the statements appearing on 
the labeling, "Dehydrated Onion * *. * A Dry Granulated Concentration of Onion 
* * * Real Onion in Concentrated Form" and "Dehydrated Garlic * * * A Dry Gran- 
ulated Concentration   of Garlic * * * Real Garlic in Concentrated Form," were false
and misleading as applied to • articles containing about 50 percent of oatmeal, and 
these misbrandings were not corrected by the" inconspicuous statements "Onion 
f Cereal and Salt" and "Garlic, Cereal and Salt," appearing at the- bottom of the 
labels'. They were alleged to be misbranded further in that they were fabricated from 
two or more ingredients and their labels failed to bear a statement of the common 
or usual name of each said ingredient. * 
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On June 21, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered- and the product was ordered destroyed. "
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