575. Misbranding of canned bonita.     IT. S. v. 130 Cases of Canned Bonita.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond for relabeling.     (F. D. C. No. 1747.     Sample No. 10412-E.)
This product was shipped in unlabeled cans; and therefore failed to comply 
with the requirements of the law prescribing the labeling of food in package 
form.
On April 4, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed a libel against 130 cases, each containing 48 cans, of bonita at 
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 23, 1939, by the French Sardine Co., Inc., from 
Terminal Island, Calif.; and chai'ging that it was misbranded in that it was 
in package form and failed to bear a label containing the name and place of 
business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and an accurate statement 
of the quantity of the contents.
On April 17, 1940, the New York Wholesale Grocery Co., Inc., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered, and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it 
be labeled as required by law.
Nos. 576 to 580 report the seizure and disposition of fish which was in 
interstate commerce at the time of examination and was found to be in whole or 
in part decomposed at that time.