22902. Misbranding of canned crab meat.    U.  S. v.  15 Cases  of Anderson
Crab Meat. Default decree adjudging; product misbranded and 
providing for its release under bona, or for destruction.     (F. & D,
no. 32659.    Sample no. 60497-A.)
Sample jars of crab meat taken from the shipment involved in this case were 
found to contain less than 8 ounces, the weight declared on the label
On May 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Montana, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 cases of crab meat at Butte, 
Mont., ^alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on oi 
about April 20, 1934, by the Corvallis Creamery Co., from Portland, Oreg., and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article 
was labeled in part: (Jar) "Anderson Crabmeat Net Weight 8 Oz.—Packed by 
Anderson Crab Market, Waldorf, Ore."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
" Contents 8 Oz.", was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser, since the jars contained less than 8 ounces of the article.
On October 1, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered 
finding the product misbranded and ordering that it be destroyed unless claim- 
ant appear and file a bond within 10 days, conditioned that it would not be 
sold or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act and 
all other laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.