19581. Misbranding of   Spanish   style   hot  sauce.    V.   S.  v.   Greco   Canning:
Co. (Inc.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $20. (F. & D. No. 27507. I. S. No. 
12551.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned 
Spanish Style hot sauce in which the cans, upon examination, were found to 
contain less than 8 ounces net, the declared weight.
On March 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information 
against the Greco Canning Co. (Inc.), a corporation, trading at San Jose, 
Calif., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended, on or about February 17, 1931, from the State of California 
into the State of Washington, of a quantity of the said Spanish style hot 
sauce that was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Pep 
Spanish Style Hot Sauce * * * Net Contents 8 Oz. Packed by Greco 
Canning Co., Inc., San Jose, Calif."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement " Net Contents 8 Oz.," borne on the can label, was false and 
misleading, and for the further reason that the article was labeled so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the cans did not contain 8 ounces 
net, 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 con- 
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, 
since the statement made was incorrect.
On March 28, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $20.
AETHUB M. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.