22056. Misbranding of black pepper.    IT.  S. v. American Tea & Coffee  Co.
(American Ace Tea & Coffee Co., Inc., American Ace Coffee Co.). 
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, 810. (F. & D. no. 31334. Sample no. 
26756-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of pepper in packages that 
were not labeled to show the quantity of the contents.
On December 18, 1933, the United States attorney for the Middle District 
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the American Tea & Coffee Co., Nashville, 
Tenn., a corporation, trading as the American Ace Tea & Coffee Co., Inc., and
as the American Ace Coffee Co., alleging shipment by said company in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about October 12, 1932, from 
the State of Tennessee into the State of Kentucky, of a quantity of black pepper 
that was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "American Ace 
Brand Pure Ground Black Pepper American Ace Tea & Coffee Co., Inc. * * * 
Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn.'
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that it 
was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and 
conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On March 13, 1934, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the 
defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.