19680. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned corn.    IT. S. v. 1,663 Cases
of Canned Corn.    Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond.     (F.  & D.  No. 27787.    I.  S. No.  39508.
S. No. 5883.)
This action involved a quantity of canned corn which was represented to be 
Fancy grade, and which upon examination was found to be below the declared 
grade.
On February 26,1932, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court 
of the district aforesaid, holding a District Court, a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 1,663 cases, each containing 24 cans of corn, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Washington, D. C, alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Princeville Canning Co., Princeville, Ill., in various con- 
signments, on or about January 10, April 9, April 23, and April 24, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of Illinois into the District of Columbia, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Royal Prince Fancy Country Gentle- 
man Sugar Corn   *    *   *   Packed by Princeville Canning Co. Princeville, Ill."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that corn of 
a different and lower grade had been substituted for canned corn of Fancy grade, 
which the said article purported to be. 
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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " Fancy," borne 
on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser,
since it represented that the corn was of a grade known as Fancy, whereas 
it was not, but was corn of a different and lower grade.
On March. 28, 1932, the Princeville Canning Co., Princeville, Ill., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in 
part that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the Fed- 
eral food and drugs act, or.the laws of any State, Territory, District, or insular 
possession.
HENRY A.  WALLACE,  Secretary of Agriculture.