24559. Misbranding of  salad   oil.     IT.   S.   v.   the   Ragus   Packing   Corporation,
Morris Stern, Isldor Goldsmith, and Nathan Goldsmith. Pleas of 
guilty. Fines, $150. (F. & D. no. 32914. Sample nos. 50050-A, 54436-A, 
55451—A.) 
This case involved shipments of salad oil that was short volume.
On January 25, 1985, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court an information against the Ragus Packing Corporation, 
Morris Stern, Isjdor Goldsmith, and Nathan Goldsmith, alleging shipment by 
said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about 
March 31, July 21, and August 1, 1933, from the State of New York into the 
State of Pennsylvania of quantities of salad oil which was misbranded. The ar- 
ticle was labeled, variously: Sweet Contents One Gallon Salco A Ragus Product ( 
Salad Oil Full Measure"; "Net Weight Pl. Oz. 9 Salad Oil * * * Mrs. v 
Brookes Pure Packed by Ragus Packing Corporation, Long Island City, New
York"; "Herold's Taste Tells Food Products   Contents 8 Ozs. Salad Oil   P. 
Herold & Sons   Phila., Pa."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, "Con- 
tenuto Un Gallone * * * Piena Misura" and "Net Contents One Gal- 
lon * * * Full Measure", with respect to a portion, "Net "Weight Pl. Oz. 8" 
with respect to a portion, and "Contents 8 Ozs." with respect to a portion, 
borne on the labels, were false and misleading, and for the further reason 
that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, 
since it was short of the declared volume.
On April 11, 1935, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion and the court imposed fines totaling $150.
"W. R. GBEGMJ, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.