8938. Misbranding of canned sauteed mushrooms.     U.  S.  v.  77 Cases  of Saute
Mushrooms. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released 
under bond.    (F. D. C. No. 15630.   Sample No. 22630-H.)
Mo. Examination showed that the product consisted of a thick sauce contain- 
ing about 10 percent by weight of mushrooms, whereas it is understood that 
sauteed mushrooms have been fried lightly in fat.
LABEL IN PART : "Royal Dutch Saute Holland Style Mushrooms in Sauce * * * 
prepared from Fresh Mushrooms, Mushroom Juice, Dried Mushrooms, Protein 
Flour, Oleo Stock, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Flavoring and Spices."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement, "Saute 
Mushrooms," was misleading as applied to a product which did not consist of 
mushrooms fried lightly in fat, but which consisted of a sauce containing only 
a small amount of mushrooms; Section 403 (i) (2), the label failed to bear 
the common or usual name of each ingredient, since "Protein Flour" and "Oleo 
Stock" are not common or usual names of products; and, Section 403 (k), the 
mushrooms contained artificial flavoring and failed to bear labeling stating 
that fact.
DISPOSITION : April 7, 1945. The General Grocer Co., a corporation, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of 'condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be brought into 
compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration.
Nos. 8939 to 8946 report actions involving canned peas that purported to 
be a food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed by law, but the 
quality was charged to fall below the standard because of higher alcohol-insoluble 
solids than the maximum permitted by the standard, and the labels failed to bear, 
in the manner and form that the regulations specify, a statement that the prod- 
uct was below the standard.