8790. Misbranding of saponin.   U. S. v. 550 Pounds and 9,300 Pounds of Saponin.
Consent decree of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. No. 15416.   Sample Nos. 17106-H, 17107-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about March 8, 1945, Northern District of Illinois. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    Between the approximate dates of September 9 and Novem- 
ber 8,1944, by the American Saponin Co., from San Bernardino, Calif.
PRODUCT: 9,850 pounds of saponin at Chicago, Ill. The product was to be used 
as an ingredient of food.
LABEL IN PART: (Portions) "Saponin (Ex Yucca)'" "Delson Foam Powder 
Non-Toxic Saponin," or "Delson Brand Yucca Cactus." The remainder of the 
product was unlabeled.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the names, "Saponin (Ex 
Yucca)," "Non-Toxic Saponin," and "Yucca Cactus" were false and misleading 
as applied to the product, which was a mixture of a powdered, foam-producing 
plant extractive, dehydrated sodium sulfate (glauber salt), magnesium sulfate 
epsom salt), and borax. The labeling was misleading since it failed to reveal 
the material fact that the product contained a poisonous substance, borax, and 
the laxative drugs, epsom salt and glauber salt; Section 403 (e), a portion of 
the product failed to bear a label containing the name and place of business 
of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor and an accurate statement of the 
quantity of the contents; and, Section 403 (i) (2), the label of portions of 
the product failed to bear the common or usual name  of each ingredient.
DISPOSITION: June 5, 1945. J. H. Delmar & Son, Chicago, Ill., claimant, 
having admitted the facts of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond to be denatured under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.