3368. Misbranding of pitted dates.    TT. S. v. 14 Dozen Packages of Pitted Dates.
Default decree of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to a local 
charitable agency.    (F. D. C. No. 6526.   Sample No. 84704-B.)
This product occupied only about 82.4 percent of the capacity of its container.
On December 16, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed a libel against 14 dozen packages of pitted dates at Newark, N. J., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
November 12, 1941, by the American Fig & Date Co. from New York, N. Y.; 
and charging that it was misbranded in that its container was so made, formed, 
or filled as to be misleading. The article was labeled in part: "Spear Brand 
Pitted Dates 6 Ozs. Net Wt."
On January 19, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a local charitable agency, 
conditioned that said agency first destroy the labels.