0889. Misbranding of pickles. U. S. * * * v. 31 Cases of Sweet Mixed 
Pickles, IS Cases of Plain Soar Pickles, 16 Cases of Dill Pickles, 31 
Cases of Sweet Plain Pickles, 14 Cases of Mixed Sour Pickles, and 
5 Cases of Dill Pickles. Consent decree of condemnation and fox-- 
feitnre. Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 15297, 15298, 
15299, 15300. I. S. Nos. 11027-t, 11028-t, 11029-t, 11030-t, 11031-t. In. 
No. 34911.    S. Nos. W-1000, W-10O2.)
On August 2, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 31 cases of sweet mixed pickles, 18 cases of plain sour pickles, 
21 cases of dill pickles, 31 cases of sweet plain pickles, and 14 cases of mixed sour 
pickles, remaining in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., 
consigned by the Seattle & Paget Sound Packing Co., Seattle, Wash., alleging 
that the articles had been shipped from Seattle, Wash., on the respective dates, 
August 3 and September 17, 1920, and January 20, 1921, and transported from 
the State of Washington into the State of California, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that they were labeled in part " 12 ozs.," which statement was false and mis- 
leading and deceived and misled the purchaser, since the contents were short of 
the declared volume. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
said articles were food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was 
not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the packages in terms 
of weight or measure, since the amount declared was not correct.
On August 30, 1921, Walter C. Zinn, San Francisco, Calif., claimant, having 
consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the products be released to said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $600, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that 
the mixed sour pickles be relabeled, "Weight Drained Contents 6f oz.," and 
the rest, " Weight Drained Contents 1\ oz."
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.