9467. Adulteration and Misbranding of Bakers' Whip. U. S. * * * v. 
7 Pounds of Bakers' "Whip. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 14718. I. S. No. 4484-t. S. No, 
C-2961.)
On April 11, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 7 pounds of Bakers' Whip, at Austin, Tex., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or 
about March 10, 1921, and transported from the State of Missouri into the 
State of Texas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance consisting of a mixture of starch, gum, and baking-powder in- 
gredients, artificially colored, and containing no egg albumen had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its 
quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly for the said article. 
Adulteration was alleged in substance for the further reason that the article 
was colored and stained in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the following 
statements and claims appearing on each of the cans containing the article, 
to wit, "Bakers' Whip An Egg Substitute Saves Time Saves Money If 
you are looking for something to use in place of Eggs, this is it. There Is 
No Other. Each one pound of Bakers' Whip is equal in strength to 50 
Eggs, and should be used in like proportion. * * * each one-fourth lb. of 
Bakers' Whip is equal to about 13 eggs, * * * Manufactured exclusively 
by W. B. Wood Mfg. Co. * * * St. Louis, Mo.," were false and misleading 
in that the contents of the cans on which the above-quoted statements ap- 
peared were not equal in strength to 50 eggs, that one-fourth pound thereof was 
not equal to about 13 eggs, that it was not an egg substitute and was not 
capable of being used in place of eggs, and that in the manner and form as 
above set forth the said article was labeled and branded so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser thereof.
On June 14, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.