7503. Adulteration and misbranding of egg noodles. IT. S. v. 12 Cases and 6 
Cases of Egg Noodles (and 1 other seizure action against egg noodles). 
Default decrees of condemnation. Portion of product ordered delivered 
to charitable institutions; remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 
12853, 13848.    Sample Nos. 81611-F, 81615-F to 81617-F, 81880-F.)
LIBEL FILED: On or about July 5 and October 3, 1944, District of New Jersey 
and District, of Connecticut.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about April 13 to August 29, 1944, by the 
Chasin Noodle Co., from Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 65 dozen 16-ounce packages and 86 dozen 8-ounce packages of egg 
noodles, §2 12-pound cartons of egg noodles and spaghetti, and 14 12-pound 
cartons of egg noodles and spaghetti, at Jersey City, N. J.; and 12 cases, 
each containing 24 8-ounce cartons, and 6 cases, each containing 12 1-pound 
cartons, of egg noodles at Bridgeport, Conn.
This product contained 2 percent or less of egg solids. Egg noodles, accord- 
ing to trade and consumer understanding, contain 5.5 percent of egg solids.
LABEL, IN PART :   "Chasin's Pure Egg Noodles."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constitu- 
ent, eggs, had been in whole or in part omitted from the article; and (portion), 
Section 402 (b) (2), alimentary pastes deficient in egg solids had been sub- 
stituted in whole or in part for pure egg noodles or pure egg noodle product, 
which the article was represented to be.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the names, "Pure Egg Noodles," "Pure Egg 
Noodles and Semolina Spaghetti * * * Barley," "Pure Egg Noodles and 
Semolina Spaghetti * * * Toasted Barley," and "Pure Egg Noodles and 
Semolina Spaghetti * * * Flakes," were false and misleading as applied 
to alimentary pastes which were deficient in egg solids; and (portion), Section 
403 (b), the products were offered for sale under the name of another food.
DISPOSITION : October 16 and December 4,1944. No claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the lot at Bridgeport, Conn., was 
ordered delivered to a charitable institution after withdrawal of samples by 
the Food and Drug Administration, and the lot at Jersey City was ordered 
destroyed.