708. Misbranding of spaghetti.    IJ. S. v. 198 Cases of Spaghetti.    Decree of con¬
demnation.     Product   released  under  bond   for   relabeling  and  recondi- 
tioning.    (F. D. C. No. 814.    Sample No. 47651-D.)
The containers of this product were misleading since their contents occupied 
on an average only about 42 percent of their capacity.
On October 25, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland 
filed a libel against 198 cases of spaghetti at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 10, 1939. 
by Philadelphia Macaroni Co. from Philadelphia, Pa.; and charging that it 
was misbranded in that its containers were so made, formed, or filled as to 
be misleading. It was labeled in part: "Gold Seal Brand Spaghetti American 
Stores Co., Phila., Distributors."
' On November 17, 1939, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released to the claimant under bond for reconditioning and 
•relabeling. , It was repacked in ^0-peuiad- boxes «Bd-was properly relabeled;