22075. Adulteration and misbranding1 of potatoes.     17. S. v. Chetek Equity
Cooperative Produce Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $10.     (F. & D. no.
30296.    Sample nos. 3098-A, 3099-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of potatoes which were labeled 
"U. S. Grade No. 1" but which contained excessive grade defects consisting 
principally of deep-pitted scab, growth cracks, and badly misshapen potatoes.
On October 6, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Chetek Equity Cooperative Produce 
Co., a corporation, Chetek, Wis., alleging shipment by said company in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 14, 1932, from the State of Wis- 
consin into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of potatoes that were adulterated 
and misbranded.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
potatoes of a lower grade had been substituted for U. S. Grade No.-1 potatoes, 
which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " U. S. Grade No. 
1 Potatoes ", borne on the label was false and misleading, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, 
since it failed to meet the requirements for U. S. Grade No. 1 potatoes.
On February 23, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.