27510. Canned peas. (F.D.C. No. 46060. S. No. 63-328 R.) QUANTITY : 86 cases, 24 15-oz. cans each, at Middlesboro, Ky. SHIPPED: 4-8-61, from Siloam Springs, Ark., by Allen Canning Co. LABEL IN PART: (Can) "The Aliens Medium Early June Peas * * * Prepared from dry Peas * * * Allen Canning Company, Packers & Distributors Siloam Springs, Ark." RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Examination showed that the article was green peas of a smooth skin variety, substandard in quality because of the presence therein of an excessive number of ruptured peas and because the alcohol- insoluble solids were more than 23.5 percent. LIBELED. 8-8-61, E. Dist. Ky. CHARGE: 403(a)—when shipped, the label vignette depicting succulent green peas was false and misleading as applied to an article which was prepared from dried peas; 403(g) (2)—the article purported to be and was represented as canned peas, a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed by regulations, and its label failed to bear the name of the optional pea ingredient present in such food since such definition and stand- ard provides that the label for canned peas shall name the optional pea ingredient present in such food by the use of the words "Dried Early" or "Dried June" or "Dried Early June"; and 403(h) (1)—the article fell below the standard of quality for canned peas since the article contained more than 25 percent by count of peas ruptured to a width of more than %6"» and the article was a smooth skin variety of peas, and the alcohol-insoluble solids of peas in the container were more than 23.5 percent, and its label failed to bear a statement that it fell below such standard. DISPOSITION : 9-22-61. Default—destruction.