1225. Misbranding of spaghetti.    U. S. v. 82 Cases of Spaghetti.    Default decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to a charitable institution!
(F. D. C. No. 2492.    -Sample No. 9897-E.)
This product was short of the declared weight, and its containers were deceptive 
since they were filled to only about 55 percent of their capacity.
On August 7, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Louisiana filed a libel against 82 cases of spaghetti at Lake Charles, La., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 31, 
1940, by the Union Macaroni Manufacturing Co. from Beaumont, Tex.; and 
charging that it was misbranded. It was labeled in part: (Package) "Fresh 
Maid Spaghetti Net Weight 6 Ounces Calcasieu Macaroni Mfg. Co. Lake 
Charles, La."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"Net Weight 6 Ounces," was misleading; in that its containers were misleading; 
and in that the packages did not bear an accurate statement of the quantity of 
the contents.
On December 17,1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable institution.