6992. Misbranding of soup mix.    U.  S. v.  1,390  Cases of Soup Mix.    Default
decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to charitable insti- 
tutions.    (F, D. C. No. 13213.   Sample No. 75421-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    August 9, 1944, Western District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 10, 1944, by the Wm. S. Scull Co., from 
Dayton, Ohio.
PRODUCT: 1,390 cases, each containing 48 boxes, of soup mix, at North Rose, 
N. Y.
LABEL IN PART: "Minute Man Vegetable Soup Mix lbs Oz. Net Manufac- 
tured by Alaska Pacific Salmon Co., Sodus, New York."
VIOLATION CHARGED: Misbranding, Section 403 (d)v, the container was so filled 
as to be misleading, since the soup mix occupied, on an average, less than 
40 percent of the volume of the box.
DISPOSITION: October 24, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to various 
charitable institutions.
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