12525. Misbranding of canned peaches.    V. S. v. 100 Cases    *    *    *.     (F. D. C.
No. 23687.   Sample No. 85467-H.)
Morrison, Va. Examination showed that the product was peach halves and 
that it was packed in light sirup.
LABEL, IN PART :   "Durham Maid Brand."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (2), the article purported 
to be and was represented as canned peaches, a food for which a definition 
and standard of identity had been prescribed by regulations, and its label 
failed to bear, as required by the definition and standard, the "names of the 
optional packing medium and the optional peach ingredient present in the 
article, since the label bore the statement "Durham Maid Brand Yellow Peeled 
Freestone Peaches Mixed Pieces of Irregular Sizes and Shapes in Heavy 
Syrup"; whereas the article was packed in sirup designated as "light sirup" 
in the standard, and the peach ingredient of the article is designated as "halves" 
in the standard.
DISPOSITION : October 1, 1947. Taylor & Sledd, Inc., having appeared as claim- 
ant, judgment was entered ordering that the product be released under bond 
for relabeling, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.