9996. Adulteration of salad dressing.    IT. S. v. 25 Cases, 11 Cases, and 40 Cases
of Salad Dressing.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. Nos. 20078, 20079.    Sample Nos. 52880-H to 52882-H, incl.)
LIBELS FILED :   June 10, 1946, Western District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 3 and 10, 1946, by the Adler Mayonnaise 
Co., from Evansville, Ind.
PRODUCT: 36 cases, each containing 24 pint bottles, and 40 cases, each con- 
taining 24 half-pint bottles, of salad dressing at Henderson, Ky. The product 
contained monochloracetic acid, which is unsafe within the meaning of the law 
since it is a substance not required in the production of the food and could 
have been avoided by good manufacturing practice.
LABEL IN PART :   "Tops All Brand   Salad Dressing.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the product contained 
an added poisonous and deleterious substance.
DISPOSITION: July 8, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.