1501. Misbranding of tea bags. U. S. v. 31% Cartons of Tea Bags. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 2417. Sample No. 
2820-E.)
The boxes containing this product were cellophane-wrapped and contained 25 
tea bags in a glassine bag. The tea bags when placed in the box without the 
glassine bag occupied less than 60 percent of the space in the box. The quantity 
of the contents was less than the amount declared and the net weight statement 
was inconspicuously printed near the bottom of the box.
On or about July 25, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Maine 
filed a libel against 31% cartons of tea bags at Portland, Maine, alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 4, 1940, by 
William S. Patterson Co., Inc., from Arlington, Mass.; and charging that it was 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Boxes) "Maine Tea Co. Portland, 
Me. 25 Our Own Brand Tea Bags."
,    The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Net Weight 2 
"Ounces" was false and misleading since it was incorrect.   It was alleged to be
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misbranded further in that its container was so made, formed, or filled as to be 
misleading; in that it was in package form and did not bear an accurate state-, 
ment of the quantity of the contents; and in that the statement of the quantity 
of the contents required by law to appear on the label or labeling was not promi- 
nently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, 
statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) as to render it likely to be read 
by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
On August 14, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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