28123. Misbranding of canned peas. V. S. v. 105 Cases and 64 Cases of Peas. 
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 39195, 
39203.    Sample Nos. 31798-C, 31800-C.)
This product was substandard because the peas were not immature and it 
was not labeled to indicate that it was substandard.
.On March 10 and 12, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Virginia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 105 cases of 
canned peas at Newport News, Va., and 64 cases of canned peas at Norfolk, 
Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about November 4 and 5, 1936, by Howard E. Jones & Co. from Baltimore, 
Md., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as 
amended. The article was labeled in part: "Drug Hill Brand [or "Mason 
Dixon Brand"] Early June Peas Packed by Lineboro Canning Co. Inc., 
Lineboro, Md."
Misbranding was alleged in that the article was canned food and fell below 
the standard of quality and condition promulgated by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture since the peas were not immature, and its package.or label did not bear 
a plain and conspicuous statement prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture 
indicating that it fell below such standard.
On October 14, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.