3161: Misbranding of dates.    U. S. v. Hills Bros. Co.   Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50. 
(F. D. C. No. 5560.   Sample No. 28234-E.)
This product was packed in open-topped cellophane-wrapped rectangular card- 
board boxes. The top layer contained 16 dates and the lower contained from 9 
to 12, the average of the samples examined being 11.6.
On January 30, 1942, the United States attorney for the. Eastern District of 
New York filed an information against Hills Bros. Co., a corporation at Brooklyn, 
N. Y., alleging shipment within the-period from on or about December 5 to on 
or about December 12, 1940, from the State of New York into the District of
Columbia of a quantity of dates that were misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: "Camel Dates."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that its container was so made 
and filled as to be misleading in that said container held two layers of dates 
and was made with a cellophane top so that the top layer was visible and said 
container was so filled that there were fewer dates in the lower layer than were 
contained in and were visible in the upper layer.
On February 16, 1942, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $50.