11831. Adulteration   and misbranding of   black   pepper.    U.   S.   v.   332   Cards
*    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 21411.    Sample No. 35757-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    November 4, 1946, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 21, 1946, by the Wetterau Grocery
Co., from Gillespie, Ill. 
PRODUCT:    332 cards, each containing 24 %-ounce packages,  of black pepper
at St. Louis, Mo.
essentially of ground soybeans, cottonseed, wheat, buckwheat, and a small 
amount of pepper had been substituted in whole or in part for black pepper.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Pure Black Pepper" was 
false and misleading.
DISPOSITION:   February 20, 1947.   No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
? condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to chari- 
table institutions.