5632.  Misbranding of glucose preserves.     IT.  S.    *    *    *    v. The  Casil-eman- 
Blaltemore C?,, a corporation.    Flea of guilty.    Fine, $15.     (F. & D.
No. 7228.    I. S. Nos. 11956-k, 11959-k, 15467-k.)
On June 26, 1916, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Castlenian-Blakemore Co., a corporation, Louisville, Ky,, alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about 
September 24, 1914, from the State of Kentucky into the State of Alabama, and 
on or about February 6, 1915, and March 10, 1915, from the State of Kentucky 
into the State of Louisiana, of quantities of an article labeled in part, "Bob 
White Brand * * * Glucose Preserves, * * * The Castleman-Blakemore Co. 
Incorporated, Louisville, Ky., U. S. A.," which was misbranded.
Analyses of samples ol the article in each shipment by the Bureau of Chemis- 
try of this department showed the product to be short weight.
Misbranding of the article in each shipment was alleged in the information 
for the reason that the following statement regarding the article and the in- 
gredients and substances contained therein appearing on the label, to wit, "Net 
Weight Contents 13J ozs.," was false and misleading in that it indicated to 
purchasers thereof that each of the packages contained thirteen and one-half 
ounces of the article of food, and for the further reason that it was labeled as 
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchasers into the belief that each 
package contained thirteen and one-half ounces of the said article, when, in 
truth and in fact, it did not, but contained a less amount thereof, and for the 
further reason that it consisted of food in package form, and the quantity of 
the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the 
package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On October 10, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $15.
C, F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.