21642. Misbranding of  candy.     U.   S.  -v.  Belle  Mead   Sweets, Inc.     Plea   of 
guilty.    Fine. $25.     (F. & D. no. 29486.    I.S. no. 48676.)
Sample packages of candy taken from the shipment of candy on which this 
case was based were found to contain less than 8 ounces, the declared weight.
On June 8, 3933, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed iu the 
district court an information against the Belle Mead Sweets. Inc.. a cor- 
poration, trading at Trenton, N.J., alleging shipment by said company on or 
about February 24, 1932, from the State of New Jersey into the State of New 
York, of a quantity of candy that was misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: " B M S Chocolates Chocolate Peppermints Trenton, N.J. Net 
Weight 8 Ozs."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement, " Net Weight 8 Ozs.", borne on the label, was false and mis- 
leading, and for the further reason that the article was labeled so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the packages contained less than 
8 ounces. 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 October 2, 1933, a plea of guilty 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.