10269.?Misbranding-    of   canned   crab    meat.      U.    S.      *       *       *      v.    George
Solomon Tull (G. S. Tull & Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $10 and?
costs.     (F. & D. No. 15581.    I. S. No. 7892-t.)
On February 1, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against George Solomon?
Tull, trading as G. S. Tull & Co., Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment by said?
defendant, on or about May 18, 1921, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
from the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of?
?canned crab meat which was misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed a total shortage of 6.68 ounces in the 12 cans examined, an?
average shortage of 2.78 per cent from the declared weight.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement, to wit, " 1-Lb. 4-Oz. Net Contents," borne on the cans containing?
the article, regarding the article, was false and misleading in that it represented?
that each of the said cans contained 1 pound 4 ounces net of the said article,?
and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and?
mislead the purchaser into the belief that each of the said cans contained 1?
pound 4 ounces net of the said article, whereas, in truth and in fact, each of?
said cans did not contain 1 pound 4 ounces net of the said article, but did?
contain a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the?
article was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not?
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On February 1, 1922, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.