6135. Misbranding of canned peas.    U. S. v, 220 Cases of Peas (and 1 other sei¬
zure action involving canned peas). Consent decrees of condemnation. 
Product ordered released under bond for relabeling. (F. D. C. Nos. 12459, 
12506.    Sample Nos. 46800-F, 62453-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 5, 1944, Eastern District of Missouri; June 2, 1944, Northern
District of Illinois. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   From on or about August 14 to November 8, 1943, by the
Columbia Canning Co., Cambria, Wis, 
PRODUCT:   220 cases of canned peas at Chicago, Ill., and 1,645 cases at St. Louis,
Mo each case containing 24 Kans. 
LABEL IN PART.:    (St. Louis lot, cases stencilled)    "Unlabeled E. J. Peas," and
(Chicago lot, cans) "Early Peas."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED; Misbranding, Section 403 (h) (1), the product was below 
standard. In addition, the product at St. Louis, Mo., was misbranded, Sec- 
tion 403 (e) (1), in that it was food in package form and failed to bear a label 
containing the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or 
distributor; Section 403 (e) (2), it failed to bear an accurate statement of 
the quantity of the contents; and Section 403 (g) (2), it purported to be and 
was represented as canned peas, a food for which a definition and standard 
of identity has been prescribed by the regulations, and its label failed to bear 
the name of the food specified in the definition and standard.
DISPOSITION : July 6,1944, the Columbia Canning Co. having appeared as claimant 
for the lot at Chicago and the General Grocer Co., St. Louis, Mo., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the lot at that city, and the claimants having admitted 
the facts set forth in the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and 
the product-was ordered released under bond for relabeling under the super- 
vision of the Food and Drug Administration.