13488. Misbranding of Veta-Roni. TJ. S. v. 68 Cartons * * *. (F. D. C. No. 20232. Sample No. 6-3255-H.) LIBEL FILED : June 21,1946, Southern District of New York. ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 8, 1946, by the Prince Macaroni Mfg. Co., from Lowell, Mass. PRODUCT: 68 cartons, each containing 12 1-pound packages, of Veta-Roni at New York, N. Y. Examination of the product showed that it contained ap- proximately 13 percent protein and 55 percent starch. LABEL IN PART: "Prince Veta-Roni Health Food." NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the following statements on the label were false and misleading: "Health Food * * * You get much less starch in Veta-Roni than in most similar wheat products. The lower starch content makes Veta-Roni the ideal food for those who want to keep their weight down and their food-value up. It keeps you well nourished without increasing your weight * * * There's more protein content in Veta-Roni than in some meats. Veta-Roni has all the essential mineral content, plus an abundance of the vitamins which are so necessary to the continued good health of both young and old * * * Made from * * * ingredients selected for high protein and low starch content." The statements in the label represented and suggested that the article was of special nutri- tional value because of lower starch and higher protein content than similar wheat products; that it was less fattening than similar wheat products; that it was a health food supplying all the minerals essential to man and an abundance of vitamins; and that it would provide more protein than some meats. The difference in starch and protein content between the article and macaroni and spaghetti was nutritionally inconsequential; the article was not less fattening than macaroni and spaghetti; it would not supply all the minerals essential to man, nor an abundance of vitamins; and it would not provide more protein than meats. Further misbranding, Section 403 (j), the article purported to be and was represented as a food for special dietary uses by man by reason of its vitamin and mineral content and by reason of its value in the control of body weight, and in dietary management with respect to disease; and its label failed to bear, as required by the regulations, a state- ment of the kind and quantity of vitamins and minerals supplied by the article when consumed in a specified quantity during a period of one day and a statement of the percent by weight of protein, fat, and available carbohy- drates in the article, and the number of available calories supplied by a speci- fied quantity of it. DISPOSITION : October 16,1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to charitable institutions.