13048. Misbranding of stuffed olives and olives.    TJ. S. v. 4 Cases of Stuffed
Olives and 6 Cases of Olives. Decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 18653. I. S. 
Nos. 12940-v, 12941-v.    S. No. E-4829.)
On May 6, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 4 cases of stuffed olives and 6 cases of olives, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by James P. Smith & Co., New York, N. Y., in part on or about March
1, 1924, and in part on or about March 13, 1924, and transported from the State 
of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: 
" Contents 1 Lb."
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed that the jars containing the said article contained less than 1 pound 
thereof.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
labels bore the statement " Contents 1 Lb.," which statement was false and 
misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further 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.
6n June 12, 1924, James P. Smith & Co., New York, N. Y., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a good and 
sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act
W. M. JAEDIWE, Secretary of Agriculture.