22314. Misbranding of canned mixed vegetables. TJ. S. v. 130 Cases of 
Canned Mixed Vegetables. Consent decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture.     Product released under  bond to be relabeled.     (F. &
D. no. 32861.    Sample no. 64522-A.)
This case involved a product which was represented to consist of a large 
variety of vegetables. Examination showed that it consisted essentially of 
a mixture of carrots and potatoes, with small amounts of other vegetables.
On or about June 15, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 130 cases 
of canned mixed vegetables at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about May 14, 1934, by the Larsen 
Co., from Green Bay, Wis., and charging misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Savoy Mixed Vege- 
tables   *   *    *    Steele Wedeles Co., Distributors, Chicago, Ills."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
design on the label, which included prominent pictorial representations of 
white corn, carrots, peas, lima beans, green string beans, celery, a turnip, a 
tomato, and two rather small potatoes, was false and misleading and tended 
to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since it consisted chiefly of potatoes 
and carrots, no tomatoes or turnips were present, and yellow corn instead 
of white corn was present.
On August 3,1934, Steele-Wedeles Co., Chicago, m., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be released to the claimant, upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned that it be relabeled 
under the supervision of this Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.