7296. Misbranding of  apples,  tomatoes,  and  pears.   U.   S.   *   ?*    *   v.  Felix
Nathanson.   Plea  of guilty.   Fine, $21.    (F. & D. No.  10200.     I.   S.  Nos. 
5615-r,  582S-r,  6702-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 
Felix Nathanson, Benton Harbor, Mich., alleging shipment by said defendant, 
on or about September 27, 1918, September 13, 1918, and September 23, 1918, 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, from the State of Michigan 
into the State of Illinois, of quantities of apples, tomatoes, and pears which 
were misbranded.
Examination of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the quantity of the contents of the baskets of apples and 
pears was not correctly marked thereon, and that the baskets of tomatoes bore 
no markings whatever 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 qifantity of the con- 
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package. 
_ On October 14, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $21.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.