22255. Misbranding of potatoes.     U.  S. v.  Reedsburg  Supply  Co.     Plea  of
guilty.     Fine,  $10.      (F.   &  D.  no.  29462.     I.S.  no.  53117.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of potatoes represented to be 
United States grade No. 1, but which were below the grade specified, having 
been found to average about 40 percent grade defects consisting mostly of deep 
scab, shattered and growth cracks.
On March 28, 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 Reedsburg Supply Co., a corporation, 
Reedsburg, Wis., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about February 3, 1932, from the State of Wisconsin into 
the State of Illinois, of a quantity of potatoes which were misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part: (Tag) "United States Grade No. 1."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement " United States Grade No. 1", 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 the potatoes were not United States 
Grade No. 1.
On December 6, 1933, 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.