27300. Adulteration and misbranding of raisins. IT. S. v. 497 Boxes, et al., of 
Raisins. Consent decrees of condemnation. Product released under 
bond for destruction of bad portion and relabeling of short-weight 
portion. (F. & D. nos. 38690, 38691. Sample nos. 10630-C. 15922-C 
15923-C, 15924-C, 15926-C.) 
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These cases involved raisins that were in part worm- and insect-infested, and 
a portion of which were short in weight.
On November 23, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 497 boxes and 945 
cases of raisins at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that they had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 12 and October 13, 1936, by Guggen-
Lime & Co., from San Francisco, Calif., and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. Portions of 
the  article  were  labeled:   (Boxes)   "Fuchsia   Brand   [or   "Mission  Brand"]
* * * Guggenhime & Company." The remainder was labeled: (Packages) 
"Net Weight 15 Ozs. Aft-R Din-R Brand Cluster Raisins Guggenhime & 
Company."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
A portion of the article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement 
"Net Weight 15 Ozs." was false and misleading and tended to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser when applied to an article that was short in weight; 
and in that it 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 quantity stated was not correct.
On December 9, 1936, Guggenhime & Co., claimant, having admitted the alle- 
gations of the libels and having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be released 
under bond, conditioned that the bad portion be destroyed and the short-weight 
portion be relabeled. On February 23, 1937, the decrees were amended to 
permit the claimant to return the product to the initial point of shipment in 
order that the conditions of the release be there carried out.
H. A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.