11646.?Misbranding: of crab meat.    TJ. S. v. Oreste Volpini (O. Volpini & Co.)-
Plea of suilty. Fine, $15. (F. & D. No. 16944. I. S. Nos. 18258~t,?
18260-t, 18262-t.)
On February 28, 1923, the United States attorney for the'Southern District?
of Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Oreste Volpini, trading as O. Volpini & Co., Biloxi, Miss., alleging shipment?
by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, in?
various consignments, namely, on or about June 2, 6, and 7, 1922, respec??
tively, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Texas, of quantities?
of crab meat which was misbranded. The article was contained in cans, a?
portion of which were packed in barrels which were labeled in part: " From?
O. Volpini & Company Box 276, Biloxi, Miss." The cans containing the?
article were unlabeled.
Misbranding of the article 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 June 11, 1923, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,,?
and the court imposed a fine in the sum of $15.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.