19981. Misbranding of canned cherries.   U. S. v. 59 Cases * * *.   (F. D. C. No.
34230.   Sample No. 40728-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   November 19,1952, Western District of Washington. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about July 23, 1949, by the Fruitland Packing Co.,
from Shelby, Mich. 
PRODUCT:   59 cases, each containing 24   1-pound, 3-ounce cans, of cherries at
Tacoma, Wash.
LABEL, IN PART: "Steen Brand * * * Extra Heavy Syrup Red Sour Pitted 
Cherries."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (2), the product purported to 
be and was represented as canned pitted cherries, a food for which a definition 
and standard of identity has been prescribed by regulations',, and its label failed 
to bear, as required by the regulations, the name of the optional packing medium
present since the label bore the statement "Extra Heavy Syrup" and the prod- 
uct was packed in heavy sirup.
DISPOSITION: December 9, 1952. The Standard Grocery Co., Tacoma, Wash., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond to be 
relabeled under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.