16877. Misbranding of  crab  meat.     V.  S. v.  Nelson R.  Coulbourn.     Plea  of
guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 22547.    I. S. No. 20226-x.)
On October 18, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, 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 R. Coulbourn, Hampton, Va., alleging shipment by said defendant, in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about August 25, 1927, 
from the State of Virginia into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of crab 
meat which was misbranded.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement " Net Contents 1 Lb.," borne on the cans containing the said 
article, was false and misleading in that the said statement represented that 
each of said cans 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 
they did not, but did contain 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 November 12, 1928, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.