14400. Misbranding? of peach and apricot jams. U. S. v. 110 Cases of Peach 
Jam and 21 Cases of Apricot Jam. Products ordered condemned 
and released under bond. (F. & D. No. 19224. I. S. Nos. 20967-v, 
20968-v.     S. No. W-1618.)
On December 29, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Arizona, 
acting upon a report bythe Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court -* 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 110 cases of peach jam and 21 cases of apricot jam, at Phoenix, Ariz., alleg- 
ing that the articles had been shipped by the North Ontario Packing Co., Los 
Angeles, Calif., on or about July 3, 1924, and transported from the State of 
California into the State of Arizona, and charging misbranding in violation 
of the food and drugs act as amended. The articles were labeled in part: 
(Case) "24 1-Lb. TinsGlen Rosa Peach"; (or "Apricot ")??" Jam Manufactured . 
by North Ontario Packing Company, Los Angeles, U. S. A.," (tin) "Net Con- 
tents 1 Lb."
It was alleged in the libel that the articles were misbranded, in that the 
statement " 24 1-Lb. Tins," borne on the cases containing both products, and 
the statement " Net Contents 1 Lb.," borne on the tins containing both products, 
Avere false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that 
they were food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside.of the packages.
On January 24, 1925, the Melczer Co., Phoenix, Ariz., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, the products were ordered condemned, and it was      ' 
further ordered by the court that they be delivered to the said claimant upon 
execution  of a bond in the sum of $600, and payment of the costs of the 
proceedings. 
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W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture,