7220. Misbranding of tomatoes and cucumbers.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. Philip Spozios and Alma
Spozios (Philip Spozios).' Plea of guilty.   Fine, S15.   (F. & D. No. 9963.   I. S. Nos. 
5830-r, 6704-r, 6705-r.)
On July 31, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of 
the United States for said district an information against Philip Spozios and Alma 
Spozios, copartners, trading under the name of Philip Spozios, South Haven, Mich., 
alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended, on or about September 16, 1918, and September 30, 1918, from the State 
of Michigan into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of tomatoes and cucumbers which 
were misbranded.
Examination of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that none of the baskets containing the article were labeled as to the 
quantity of the contents.
Misbranding of the article in each shipment was alleged in the information for the 
reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On October 14, 1919, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $15.
E. D. BALL. Acting Secretary of Agriculture.