5996. Misbranding of soup mix.   U. S. v. 33 Cases of Soup Mix.   Default decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to a charitable institution.
(F. D. C. No. 11138.   Sample No. 49802-F.)
LIBEL FILED:   November 18, 1943, Western District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July 27 and August 7, 1943, by the Pfaffman 
Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
PRODUCT:  33 cases, each containing 24 packages, of soup mix at Buffalo, N Y.
LABEL IN PART: (Packages) "Pfaffman's Kwik Soup Ingredients Chicken 
Noodle With Chicken Fat Ingredients—Extra rich pure Egg Noodles, Chicken 
fat, dehydrated parsley flakes, vegetable protein derivative (an artificial sea- 
soning), salt and spice extractives."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Misbranding, Section 403 (a) the name "Chicken Noodle," 
appearing on the label, was' false and misleading as applied to a soup mix con- 
taining no chicken meat or chicken extractives other than chicken fat, and 
the prominent statement "With Chicken Fat," appearing on the labeling, was 
misleading since the label failed to reveal with equal prominence that the 
article also contained hydrogenated vegetable oil and artificial flavor; Sec- 
tion 403 (i) (2), it was fabricated from two or more ingredients and the label 
failed to bear the common or usual name of each such ingredient, since hydro- 
genated vegetable oil was not declared.
DISPOSITION : January 5, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable 
institution.