1464. Adulteration and misbranding of canned peas.   IT. S. v. Uco Food Corpora¬
tion. Plea of guilty. Fine, $400. (F. D. C. No. 2102. Sample Nos. 68760-D, 
68762-D, 68763-D, 68764-D.)
This product consisted of mature peas and not early June peas as labeled.
On September 21, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed an information against the Uco Food Corporation, Newark, N. J., 
alleging shipment within the period from on or about August 4 to on or about 
November 10, 1939, from the State of New Jersey into the State of New York 
of quantities of canned peas that were adulterated and misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: "Lawn Dale Brand * * * Early June Peas * * * 
Distributed by Westside Wholesale Grocery Company Chicago"; or "Pultney 
Brand Early June Peas packed by K. M. Davies Company Williamson, N. Y."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that mature dried peas had been sub- 
stituted in whole or in part for early June peas, i. e., immature succulent peas, 
which it purported to be.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements "Early June Peas," 
together with a design of peas in pods with respect to both brands, and the 
statement "Distributed by the West Side Wholesale Grocery Co., Chicago 
111.," with respect to the Lawn Dale brand, and the statement "Packed by K. M. 
Davies Co., Inc., at Williamson, N. Y.," with respect to the Pultney brand, 
borne on the labels, were false and misleading in that they represented that 
the article consisted of immature succulent peas and that it was distributed 
or packed by the firms named on their respective labels; whereas it did not 
consist of immature succulent peas but did consist in whole or in part of 
mature, dried peas and had not been distributed or packed by said firms.
On October 22, 1940, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
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defendant, the conrt imposed a fine of $400.