16188.  Misbranding of crab meat.    V.  S. v. Nelson R. Coulbowrn.    Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. & D. No. 22546.    I. S. Nos. 14819-x, 20882-x.)
On July 14, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against Nelson It. 
Ooulbourn, Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of 
the food and drugs act as amended, on or about August 3, 1927, from the 
State of Maryland into the State of New Jersey, of quantities of crab meat 
which was misbranded.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement, to wit, " Net Contents 1 Lb.," borne on the cans containing the 
said article, was false and misleading in that the said statement represented 
,that each can contained 1 pound net of the article, and for the further reason 
that it was labeled as aforesaid so as- to deceive- and mislead the purchaser into 
the belief that each of said cans contained 1 pound net of the article, whereas 
each of said cans did not contain 1 pound net of the said article but did con- 
tain a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On January 28, 1929, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.