14490.   Misbranding of canned shrimp.     U. S. v. 2S Cases of Shrimp.     Prod-       1 
net   ordered   released   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.   20644.    I.   S.   No.       j
4820-x.     S. No. E-558S.) 
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On November 23, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Porto-     J 
Rico, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District,     j 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con-     | 
demnation of 28 cases of canned shrimp, at San Juan, P. R., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by Lazare Levy & Co., New Orleans, La., on or 
about September 17, 1925, and transported from the State of Louisiana into- 
the Territory of Porto Rico,  and charging misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act as amended.    The article was labeled in part: " Shrimp 
Barataria   Brand   Dry   Pack    *    *    *    Net   Contents   5   Ounces,   Guaranteed 
To Pass Any State Or National Pure Food Law Inspection." ?' v 
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the "reason that 
the statements "Net Contents 5 Ounces," "Guaranteed To Pass Any State 
Or National Pure Food Law Inspection," borne on the labels, were 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, since 
the statement made was not correct. 
On December 5, 1925, Sobrinos de Izquierdo & Co., San Juan, P. R., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment was entered, ordering that the product be released to the 
said claimant and that the bond tendered by claimant by certified check in 
the sum of $125 be approved and retained to insure relabeling of the product 
and payment of costs. ? 
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.