10170. Adulteration and misbranding of canned spinach.    U. S. v. 88 Cases of
Canned   Spinach.     Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 17192.   Sample No. 27984-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about September 12,1945, District of Oregon.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 23, 1945, by the Hunt Brothers Packing 
Co., from Oakland, Calif.
PRODUCT: 88 cases, each containing 14 1-pound, 11-ounce cans, of spinach at 
Klamath Falls, Oreg. Examination showed that the product contained an 
excessive amount of blades of grass.
LABEL IN PART:   "Hunt's   Supreme Quality   Fancy   California Spinach." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)  (2), grass had been substi- 
tuted in whole or in part for spinach, which the article was represented to be. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement, "Supreme Quality Fancy 
California Spinach," was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION : October 4, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.