10297.?Misbranding of molasses.     U.  S.     *      *     *     v.  60 Cases and 80 Cases
of   Canned   Molasses     *      *      *       Consent   decree   of   condemnation
and forfeiture.     Prodnct released nnder bond.     (F. & D. No. 14950.?
I. S. Nos. 10852-t, 10853-t.    S. No. W-951.)
On May 23, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Cali??
fornia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemna??
tion of 140 cases of canned molasses, remaining in the original unbroken pack??
ages at San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., respectively, alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the Alexander Molasses Co., Stock Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio,?
October 4, 1920, and transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Cali??
fornia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended. The article was labeled in part, respectively: (Large can) "Dove?
Brand White Label New Orleans Molasses No. 10 Can Contains 9 Lbs. 3 Oz.?
Avd. * * * Alexander Molasses Company, General Offices Chicago";?
(small can) "Dove Brand    *    *    *    Contains 4 Lbs. 10 Oz. Avd.    *    *    * "
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel 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 in terms of weight or?
measurement, since the amount declared was not correct.
On June 23, 1921, P. M. Riley & Co., San Francisco, Calif., claimant, having?
consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant?
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in?
the sum of $1,200, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part?
that the said product be relabeled, respectively, " Net Contents 7 Lbs. 15?
Ounces " and "Net Contents 4 Lbs. 3 Ounces."
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.