31146* Unlawful and unauthorized use of seafood inspection legend. V. Si v. 
Max Pinkus (John Price & Co.). Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $1,000, 
of which $750 was remitted.     (F. & D. No. 42806.    Sample No. 54447-E.)
This case represented unlawful and unauthorized use of the seafood inspection 
legend.
On August 11, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania filed an information against Max Pinkus, trading as John Price 
& Co., Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the defendant had labeled and caused 
to be labeled a quantity of shrimp that had been shipped in interstate commerce 
in unlabeled jars by affixing and causing to be affixed to the jars a label bearing, 
among others, the following statements: "Garden Brand Shrimp. Production 
supervised! by United States Food'and1 Drug Administration. Packed for John 
Price & Co., Phila, Pa." The information alleged further than the defendant, 
by so labeling and'causing the article to be &o .labeled, unlawfully used a label 
authorized by the Food and Drugs Act of 1906 without proper authority to do so, 
since the statement "Production Supervised by United States Food and Drug 
Administration" represented that the article had' been handled; prepared, and 
packed in' compliance with the requirements of said act of Congress as amended 
and all'regulations promulgated thereunder, namely, that the premises, equip- 
ment, sanitation, methods of handling, containers, and labeling used in the pro- 
duction* of the'article'had'been examined and inspected by inspectors designated 
By the'Administrator of the Federal Security Agency for such purposes; whereas 
it had not been handled, prepared, and packed in compliance with said act" of 
Congress.
The information also charged the defendant with misbranding the article in 
violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as reported in food 
notices of judgment published under that act.
On September 9, 1942, a plea of nolo contendere was entered and the court 
imposed a fine of $1,000 on each of the 2 counts and remitted $750 of each fine.