16594. Misbranding of   canned   mushrooms.   U.   S.   v.   320   Cases    *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 29256.    Sample No. 35042-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    June 2,1950, Northern District of California. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   Between the dates of March 17, 1949, and April 23, 1950, 
by the Delaware Mushroom Cooperative Assn., from Wilmington, Del.
PRODUCT: 320 cases, each containing 24 8-ounce cans, of mushrooms at San 
Francisco, Calif.
LABEL IN PART :    (Can) "First State   Fancy Buttons   Mushrooms."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label designation "Fancy
Buttons   Mushrooms" was false and misleading as applied to an article that
was not fancy because of excessive blemished units.
DISPOSITION: August 18, 1950. The Delaware Mushroom Cooperative Assn., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond 
for relabeling, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.
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