23900. Misbranding of canned orange juice. U. S. v. Hanson & Choate 
Products Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $200. (F. & D. no. 32893. 
Sample nos. 28185-A, 28186-A, 300SO-A, 30081-A, 30082-A.)
Sample cans of orange juice taken from the shipments involved in this case 
were found to contain less than the volume declared on the label.
On October 31, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Hanson & Choate Products Co., a corpora- 
tion, Los Angeles, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about September 20 and October 24, 
1932, from the State of California into the States of Colorado and Michigan, 
of quantities of orange juice which was misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: "Hanson's * * * Orange Juice Net Contents 1 Pt. 4 F. oz. [or 
"Net contents 8 F. Oz." or "Net Contents % Gallon"] * * * Hanson & 
Choate Products Company Los Angeles, California."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, " Net Con- 
tents 1 Pt. 4 F. oz ", " Net Contents 8 F. Oz.", and " Net Contents % Gallon ", 
borne on the labels, were false and misleading, and for the further reason that 
the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the 
greater number of the cans examined contained less than the declared volume. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was food in 
package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu- 
ously marked on the outside of the packages, since the cans contained less than 
declared.
On November 12, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,
This case was based on an interstate shipment of butter that contained less 
than 80 percent of milk fat.
On September 14, 1934, 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 Herman A. Curt, trading as Almena 
Creamery, Almena, Wis., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, in the name of the Turtle Lake Cooperative Co., on or 
about January 30, 1934, from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Illinois, 
of a quantity of butter which was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a product 
which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat as prescribed by an 
act of Congress of March 4, 1923.
On November 12, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere, and 
the court imposed a fine of $10.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.