9369. Misbranding of  tomatoes.     U.   S.     *      *      *     v.   William   E.   occasion.
Plea of guilty.     Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 14308.     I. S. No. 2398-t.)
On March 5, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculttire, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against
William E. Marlin, Los Angeles, Calif., alleging shipment by said defendant 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about July 27, 1920, 
from the State of California into the State of Louisiana, of a quantity of toma- 
toes which were misbranded. The article was labeled, (wrapper) "W. E. re- 
ason Co. Packers & Shippers, Los Angeles.    Fancy California Tomatoes."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly 
and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On March 28, 1921, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.