24330. Misbranding of bread. V. S. v. Continental Baking Co. Plea of 
guilty.    Fine, $26.    (F.  & D. no.  33791.    Sample no.  61369-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of bread that was short 
weight.
On December 3, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Continental Baking Co., a corporation trading 
at Ogden, Utah, alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act as amended, on or about October 30, 1933, from the State of 
Utah into the State of Wyoming of a quantity of bread which was misbranded. 
The article was labeled in part: "It's Slo-Baked Wonder-Cut Bread Sliced 
20 Ounces   *   *    *   Continental Baking Company Incorporated Ogden, Utah."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement " 20 Ounces ", 
borne on the packages, was false and misleading, and for the further reason 
that it was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since nearly 
all of the packages examined contained less than 20 ounces of the said 
•article. 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 
conspicuously marked on the outside of the package since the statement made 
¦was incorrect.
On February 16, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defend- 
ant company and the court imposed a fine of $26.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.