14016. Misbranding?   of   sweet   potatoes.     U.   S.   v.   Benjamin   A.   Headley.
Plea   of  sullty.     Fine, $5.     (F.   &  D.  No.   12320.     I.   S.  Nos.   15912-r. 
15913-r,  15914-r,  15915-r.)
On October 29, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Benjamin A. Headley, Swedesboro, N. J., alleging shipment by said defendant, 
in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, in various consignments, 
namely, on or about October 17, 22, and 23, and November 1, 1919, respec- 
tively, from the State of New Jersey into the State of Pennsylvania, of quanti- 
ties of sweet potatoes in barrels which were misbranded. One shipment of 
the product was labeled: (Tag) "B. A. Headley, Wholesale Fruit and Produce, 
Swedesboro. N. J."
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 December 28, 1925, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $5.
B. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.