12760. Adulteration of soy sauce.    IT. S. v. 6 Cases, etc.     (F. D. C. No. 23411.
Sample Nos. 71423-H, 71424-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 13,1947, Southern District of California. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about April 25,1946, by the N. B. C. Food Company, 
from Swink, Colo.
PRODUCT: 6 cases, each containing 12 quart bottles, and 450 cases, each 
containing 4   1-gallon bottles, of soy sauce at Los Angeles, Calif.
LABEL, IN PART : "Best Soy Sauce," or "N. B. O. Botan Brand Soy Sauce." 
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the product contained an 
added poisonous and deleterious substance, 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. 
DISPOSITION :   October 23,1947.  Default decree of condemnation and destruction.