5578. Adulteration and misbranding of cheese sandwiches and misbranding of
cheese snacks. U. S. v. 16 Dozen. Cans of Cheese Sandwiches and 90 
Boxes of Cheese Snacks. Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion..   (F. D. C. Nos. 10395, 10403.    Sample Nos. 19227-F, 20115-F, 34216-F.)
These "cheese sandwiches" contained a filling consisting essentially of 20 to
25 percent cheese, cornstarch, an edible oil other than butter fat and added
coal-tar color.   The "Cheese Snacks" were short weight.
x On August 11 and 12, 1943, the United States attorneys for the District of 
Massachusetts and the Western District of Pennsylvania filed libels against 16 
dozen cans of cheese sandwiches at Boston, Mass., and 90 boxes of cheese snacks 
at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce within the period from on or about April 22 to July 7, 1943, by the King - 
Kone Corporation, from New York, N. Y. The articles were labeled in part: 
"Old London Dainty Cheese Sandwiches," or "Toasted Cheese Snacks * * .* 
Nett. 2% Oz."
The cheese sandwiches were alleged to be adulterated (1) in that a valuable 
constituent, cheese, had been omitted; (2) in that wafer sandwiches containing 
a filling of cheese, cornstarch, edible oil other thin butter fat, and artificial color, 
had been substituted in whole or in part for ','Old London Dainty Cheese Sand- 
wiches," which they were represented to be; (3) in that inferiority had been . 
concealed by the addition of artificial coloring; and (4) in that edible oil other 
than butter fat, artificial coloring, and cornstarch had been added thereto or 
mixed' or packed therewith so. as to make it appear better or of greater value 
than it was. 
The cheese sandwiches were alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, 
"Old London Dainty Cheese Sandwiches," was false and misleading. The cheese 
snacks were alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Net Wt. 2}£-Oz." 
was false and misleading as applied to an article that was short weight, and 
in that they were in package form and failed to bear a label containing an accu- 
' rate statement of the quantity of the contents.
On September 14 and 20, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.