18407. Adulteration and alleged Misbranding of canned turnip green*. 
IT. S. v. 290 Cases, et al., of Canned Turnip Greens. Consent de- 
cree entered finding product adulterated and ordering its release 
under bond to be reprocessed. (F. & D. No. 25760. I. S. Nos. 9702, 
9703.    S. No. 4000.)
Samples of canned turnip greens from the shipment herein described having 
been found td be decomposed, and a portion thereof having been found to be 
labeled with unwarranted health claims, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia.
On January 19, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 438 cases of canned turnip greens, remaining in the original 
, unbroken packages at Lynchburg, Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Pomona Products Co., Griffin, Ga., on or about November 29, 
1930, and had been transported from the State of Georgia into the State of
Virginia, and charging adulteration with respect to a portion of the article, f 
and adulteration and misbranding with respect to the remainder, in violation 
of the food and drags act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
" Georgia Belle Brand Fancy Quality Turnip Greens * * * ' Packed by 
Pomona Products Co., Griffin, Ga." A portion of the article was further 
labeled: " Greens Are High in Iron Content Eat Greens to Insure Good 
Health."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
Misbranding was alleged with respect to a portion of the article contained 
in 290 cases for the reason that the label bore statements regarding the curative 
and therapeutic effects of the said article, which were false and fraudulent, 
since it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of 
producing the effects claimed. This misbranding charge was based on the 
recommendation by this department that the charge be brought that the state- 
ment on the label of a portion of the product, "Eat Greens to Insure Good 
Health," was false and fraudulent.
On March 23, 1931, the Pomona Products Co., Griffin, Ga., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture, judgment was^ entered finding the 
product adulterated, and ordering that it be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,200, con- 
ditioned that it be reprocessed under the supervision of this department.
ABTHTTR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.