(N. J. 85.)
MISBRANDING OF CANNED PEACHES.
In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Food and 
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and of regulation 6 of the rules and, 
regulations for the enforcement of the act, notice is given that on 
the 19th day of October, 1908, in the district court of the United 
States for the western district of Oklahoma, in a criminal prosecu- 
tion by the United States against C. P. Whiteman, agent of the 
J. K. Armsby Company, for violation of section 2 of the aforesaid 
act in shipping from California to Oklahoma, and then delivering 
in original packages to the Ridenour-Baker Mercantile Company, 
24 cans of peaches contained in a box misbranded as to weight of 
content, the said C. P. Whiteman entered a plea of guilty, and the 
court imposed upon him a fine of $100.
The facts in this case were as follows:
On October 3, 1908, an inspector of the Department of Agriculture 
collected a sample of canned peaches in a box bearing the following 
label: "Lake View Brand, Serial No. 10872, 2 Doz. 2J lb. Cans 
Choice California Yellow Free Peaches, packed by G. H. Waters, 
Pomona, California." This sample contained 24 cans and was one 
of a consignment of 478 cases of canned peaches shipped to the Rid- 
enour-Baker Mercantile Company, Oklahoma City, Okla., by J. K. 
Armsby Company, Los Angeles, Cal., and delivered by C. P. White- 
man, their agent, which consignment was seized under process of 
libel for condemnation. An examination of the 24 cans contained 
in the sample collected was made by the inspector, with the result 
that the.actual weight of the cans was found to be from 34 to 35 
ounces gross. The United States attorney for the western district of 
Oklahoma filed an information against C. P. Whiteman, agent for 
J. K. Armsby Company, for the aforesaid offense, with the result 
hereinbefore stated.
H. W. WILEY, 
F. L. DUNLAP, 
GEO. P. MCCABE, 
Board of Food and Drug Inspection.
Approved:
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November SO, 1908.
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