22026. Adulteration   and misbranding of   orange,  lemon,  and  grapefruit
juices. U. S. v. Zohios Angrelos (Angrelos Candy Co.). Flea of 
guilty. Pine, $25. (F. & D. no. 27567,. I. S. nos. 17244, 17245, 17246, 
35852, 35853.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of products represented to con- 
sist of real orange, lemon, and grapefruit juices, respectively. Examination 
showed that the articles consisted of fruit juices diluted with sugar and water 
and preserved with sodium benzoate, the orange and grapefruit containing 
added citric acid.   The products were also found to be short volume.
On May 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against Zohios Angelos, trading as Angelos Candy 
Co., Chicago, Ill. alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act as amended, on or about June 22, 1931, from the State of Illi- 
nois into the State of Michigan, of quantities of alleged real fruit juices which 
were adulterated and misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: (Glasses) 
"Real Fruit Juices Contents: 16 F. Oz. Orange [or "Lemon" or "Grape- 
fruit "] Angelos   *    *    *   3329 and 3331 N. Western Ave.    *    *    *   Chicago."
It was alleged in the information that the articles were adulterated in that 
orange or grapefruit juice diluted with sugar and water, acidulated with added 
citric acid, and preserved with sodium benzoate had been substituted for real 
orange or grapefruit juice, and in that lemon juice diluted with sugar and 
water and preserved with sodium benzoate had been substituted for real lemon 
juice.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, "Real Fruit 
Juice Orange", "Real Fruit Juice Lemon", "Real Fruit Juice Grapefruit", 
" Contents 16 F. Oz.", borne on the glasses containing the articles, were false 
and misleading, and for the further reason that the articles were labeled so 
as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since they did not consist wholly of 
real orange, lemon, or grapefruit juice, and the glasses contained less than 16 
fluid ounces. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the articles 
were foods in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly 
and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On February 21, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the court 
imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,