506. Misbranding of tea balls.     U. S. v. 14 Cartons of Tea Balls.     Default decree
of condemnation.     Product ordered delivered to a public welfare organi- 
zation.     (F. D. G. No. 1435.    Sample No. 87531-D.)
These tea balls were packed in cartons, each carton containing 8 paper 
envelopes, each of which contained a filter-paper bag of tea. The envelopes 
were about twice as large as necessary and were loosely packed in the carton. 
The carton could easily have held twice the amount of tea bags.
On or about February 3, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Florida filed a libel against 14 cartons, each containing 288 retail 
cartons, of tea balls at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 8, 1940, by Standard 
Brands, Inc., from Hoboken, N. J.; and charging that it was misbranded in 
that its container was so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. The 
article was labeled in part: "Tender Leaf Brand   *    *    *   Tea."
On April 23, 1940, Standard Brands, Inc., having withdrawn its claim and 
no other claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was entered, the 
court retaining jurisdiction, however, for the purpose of entering further orders as 
to the disposition of the product. On May 1, 1940, the product was ordered 
delivered to a public welfare organization.
WHISKY