19324. Misbranding of   crab   meat.     V.   S.   v.   Tom   Ohio   (Olio   Flsberles).
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.    (F. & D. No. 26601.    I. S. No. 13859.)
Sample cans of crab meat, labeled as containing 1 pound, having been 
found short of the declared weight, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
On September 4, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Tom 
Ohio, trading as Ozio Fisheries, Morgan City, La., alleging shipment by said 
defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about November 3, 1930, 
-from the State of Louisiana into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of crab 
meat that was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Shipping box) 
"100 Lbs. White Crabmeat;" (can) "Olio Brand Crab Meat * * * One 
;Pound Net   *    *    *    Olio Fisheries Morgan City, La."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement "100 Lbs. White Crabmeat," borne on the tag attached to the 
said box, and the statement, to wit, " One Pound Net," borne on the cans c co- 
ntaining the article, were false and misleading in that the said statements repre- 
sented that the box contained 100 pounds, and that the cans each contained 1 
pound of crab meat; and for the further reason that it was labeled as afore- 
said so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that the said 
box contained 100 pounds, and that the cans each contained 1 pound of crab 
meat; whereas the box contained less than 100 pounds of the article, and most 
of the cans contained less than 1 pound of the article. 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, since the packages contained less than represented.
On December 8, 1931, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the infor- 
mation, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE. Secretary of Agriculture.