20257. Adulteration and misbranding of egg noodles.   U. S. v. 47 Cases * * *.
(F. D. C. No. 34064.   Sample No. 10573-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 25,1952, Northern District of Indiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 4, 1952, by St. Louis Macaroni Mfg. 
Co., Inc., from St. Louis, Mo.
PRODUCT: 47 cases, each containing 12 16-ounce packages, of egg noodles at 
South Bend, Ind.
LABEL, IN PART :    "Kris Kros * * * Noodle * * * A Pur Egg Product." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
egg yolk, had been in part omitted from the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Contents: * * * not 
less than 5%% Pure Egg Yolk" was false and misleading as applied to the 
product, which contained less than 5.5 percent of egg yolk solids; and, Section 
403 (g) (1), the article failed to conform to the definition and standard of 
identity for noodles since the total solids of the article contained less than 
5.5 percent by weight of the solids of egg or egg yolk, the minimum permitted 
by the definition and standard. 
DISPOSITION: May 26, 1953. St. Louis Macaroni Mfg. Co., Inc., having ap- 
peared as claimant and the facts of the case having been presented to the 
court by the claimant and by the Government, the court entered a decree of 
destruction and ordered that such destruction be carried out by delivery of 
the product to a charitable institution.
MISCELLANEOUS CEREALS*