8832. Adulteration and misbranding of popped popcorn. IT. S. v. 145 Cartons of- 
Popcorn (and 131 other seizure actions against popcorn). Default 
decrees of condemnation. One lot of the product ordered delivered for 
use as hog feed; remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 15998, 15999, 
16714, 16715, 16717, 16849, 16870, 16872, 16873, 16894, 16963 to 16965, incl., 
16968, 16969, 17213, 17214, 17454, 17485, 17683, 17766 to 17769, incl., 17948 
to 17951, incl., 17953 to 17955, incl., 17960, 17961, 17979 to 17982, incl., 18032, 
18038 to 18041, incl., 18048, 18058, 18067, 18133, 18135, 18142 to 18144, incl., 
18179 to 18183, incl., 18193 to 18198, incl., 18203, 18225, 18233 to 18236, incl., 
18239, 18242 to 18246, incl., 18378-A, 18379-A, 18393 to 18395, incl., 18397, 
18401, 18403 to 18410, incl., 18412, 18415, 18419 to 18421, incl., 18423 to 18425, 
incl., 18429, 18431, 18461, 18468, 18469, 18513, 18538, 18539, 18545, 18546, 
18559, 18580, 18612 to 18615, incl., 18677, 18681, 18683, 18702, 18740, 18741, 
18788 to 18790, incl., 18941 to 18943, incl., 18954, 18959 to 18963, incl., 18997, 
19056, 19097, 19239. Sample Nos. 869-H, 870-H, 1060-H, 1108-H to 1110-H, 
incl., 2690-H to 2692-H, incl., 3924-H, 3925-H, 3927-H, 3928-H, 4591-H to 4593- 
H, incl., 4595-H, 4646-H, 4866-H, 4867-H, 4869-H to 4871-H, incl., 4873-H to 
4886-H, incl., 4895-H, 5005-H, 5006-H, 5026-H, 5031-H, 5034-H, 5037-H, 
5203-H to 5208-H, incl., 5506-H, 6944-H to 6946-H, incl., 6949-H, 6950-H, 
6960-H, 7313-H, 7317-H, 7318-H, 7394-H, 7743-H, 7923-H to 7929-H, incl., 
8079-H, 8143-H, 8144-H, 8225-H, 8271-H, 8272-H, 9266-H, 9267-H, 9276-H, 
9649-H, 9783-H, 9784-H, 9789-H, 9790-H, 9808-H to 9811-H, incl., 10328-H, 
10367-H, 10375-H, 10624-H to 10627-H, incl., 10642-H, 10652-H, 10653-H, 
10666-H, 10670-H, 10690-H, 10944-H to 10950-H, incl., 10956-H, 10965-H, 
10989-H, 11073-H to 11075-H, incl., 11275-H, 11600-H, 11668-H, 11726-H, 
11866-H, 11868-H, 12061-H, 12062-H, 12091-H, 12209-H, 12211-H, 12238-H, 
12240-H, 12300-H, 12329-H, 12354-H, 12431-H to 12433-H, incl., 12484-H, 
12833-H, 13070-H, 13071-H, 13171-H to 13173-H, incl., 13493-H, 13496-H, 
13498-H, 13769-H, 14046-H, 14217-H, 14426-H, 14571-H, 14827-H, 14828-H, 
14830-H, 14853-H, 17642-H, 33102-H, 33104-H, 38202-H, 38206-H, 38919-H to 
38923-H, incl., 52517-H, 60019-H.)
LIBELS FILED: Between May 3, 1945, and February 25, 1946, Northern and 
Southern Districts of Ohio; Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Penn- 
sylvania; Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York; Eastern 
and Western Districts of Michigan; Eastern and Western Districts of Ken- 
tucky ; District of Massachusetts; District of Rhode Island; Southern District 
of West Virginia; District of Vermont; District of Maine; District of Con- 
necticut; District "of New Hampshire; District of New Jersey; Western 
District of North Carolina; and Western District of South Carolina.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of April 9 and November 
28,1945, by the Better Taste Popcorn Co., from Anderson and Middletown, Ind.
PRODUCT: 11,415 cartons and 3,456 dozen bags of popcorn. Some of the cartons 
contained 24 bags of popcorn, while other cartons contained 30 bags, 36 bags, 
42 bags, 48 bags, 60 bags, or 72 bags of popcorn. The bags contained % ounce, 
2 ounces, or 3% ounces of popcorn. The product was located at Dayton, Ham- 
ilton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Mansfield, Youngstown, and Amelia, Ohio; Worces- 
ter, Somerville, Boston, Fall River, and Lawrence, Mass.; Providence, R. I.; 
Burlington, Vt.; Charleston, W. Va.; Pittsburgh, Ind.; Johnstown, Grove 
City, McKeesport, Altoona, Erie, New Castle, Williamsport, Scranton, Bradford, 
Towanda, Philadelphia, Souderton, Osceola Mills, Lehighton, West Brownsville, 
Catasa aqua, Norristown, Bethlehem, and Lancaster, Pa.; Flint, Grand Rapids, 
Saginaw, Kalamazoo, and Muskegon, Mich.; Buffalo, Elmira, Jamestown, Au- 
burn, Gloversville, Oneonta, Binghamton, Rome, Watertown, Ogdensburg, 
Newburg, Hornell, and Albany, N. Y.; Russellville, Lexington, and Pikeville, 
Ky.; Bangor and Presque Isle, Maine; Waterbury, New Haven, and Bridgeport, 
Conn.; Franklin and Manchester, N. H.; Trenton, Newark, Bridgeton, South
Biver, and Perth Amboy, N. J.; Shelby, Lincolnton, Hickory, and Henderson- 
, ville, N. C.; and Greenville, S. C.
,   Analyses disclosed that the product contained mineral oil and little or no 
edible oil.   Examination showed that one lot of the product was short-weight.
LABEL IN PART: "Popcorn * * * Ingredients: Popcorn, Edible Oil, Salt, 
U. S. Certified Color," "Popcorn Ingredients: Popcorn, Mineral Oil (non- 
nutritive) Salt, U. S. Certified Color," or "Popcorn Ingredients: Popcorn, 
Mineral Oil, Salt, U. S. Certified Color."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (1), the popcorn contained 
added mineral oil, a deleterious substance which might have rendered the 
product injurious to health; Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, an 
edible oil, had been in whole or in part omitted from the article; Section 402 
(b) (2), a substance consisting of popped corn with artificially colored non- 
nutritive mineral oil had been substituted in whole or in part for popcorn 
with edible oil; Section 402 (b) (3), inferiority had been concealed by the 
addition of artificial color; and, Section 402 (b) (4), artificially colored 
mineral oil had been mixed and packed with the product so as to reduce its 
quality or strength and make it appear better or of greater value than it was. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), one lot of the article failed to bear a label 
containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents.
DISPOSITION: Between May 31, 1945, and March 20, 1940, no claimant having 
appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that 
one lot of the popcorn be delivered to a public institution, for use as hog feed, 
and that the other lots be destroyed.