21073. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned corn.    IT. S. v. Princeville
Canning  Co.     Plea   of  nolo   contendere.     Fine,   $25.     (F.   &  D.   no.
29492.    I. S. no. 39508.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of a product represented to be 
Fancy sugar corn. Examination showed that the article was more advanced 
in maturity than the grade known as Fancy canned corn, consisting of a 
grade known commercially as " Standard."
On February 7, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Princeville Canning Co., a corpora- 
tion, Princeville, Ill., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 10, April 9, 23, and 24, 1931, from 
the State of Illinois into the District of Columbia, of quantities of canned 
corn which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
"Royal Prince Fancy Country Gentleman Sugar Corn Finest Princeville 
Quality   *    *    *   Packed by Princeville Canning Co., Princeville, Ill."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
corn of lower grade than " Finest Quality Fancy Country Gentleman Sugar 
Corn " had been substituted in whole and in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Fancy Country 
Gentleman Sugar Corn " borne on the label, was false and misleading, and for 
the further reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive 
and mislead the purchaser, since it was of lower grade than Fancy Country 
Gentleman sugar com.
On May 5, 1933, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.