5371. Misbranding of canned peas.    TT. S. v. 334 Castes of Canned Peas.    Default
decree of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to welfare organi- 
zations.   (F. D. C. No. 10137.   Sample No.-48092-^1.)
On June 23, 1943, the United States attorney for t-jje Southern District of Ohio 
filed a libel against 334 cases of canned peas at Cincinnati, Ohio, which had been 
consigned on or about February 25,1943, alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce by the Cambria Canning Corporation from Jonesville, 
Wis.; and charging that it was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
(Cans) "Star of Wisconsin * * * Small Early Peas Distributed by Mam- 
moth Spring Canning Company   Main Office Sussex*   *   *   Wisconsin."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it purported to be and was rep- 
resented as a food for which a standard of quality had been prescribed by regu- 
lations promulgated pursuant to law, and its quality fell below such standard 
since the weight of extraneous vegetable material (chiefly thistle buds) was more 
than one-half of one percent of the drained weight of the peas in the container, 
and its label failed to bear, in such manner and form as such regulations specify, 
a statement that it fell below such standard.
On July 23, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered delivered to ^elfare organizations.