3700. Misbranding of Swiss cheese.  U. S. v. June Dairy Products Co., Inc., Murray
B. Weil, and Sidney Koch.    Pleas of guilty.    Fine of $500 imposed on 
corporation and $1,000 on each of the individual defendants.     (F. D. C.
No. 4174.   Sample Nos. 34218-E, 34912-E.)
This product was domestic Swiss type cheese falsely labeled "Imported Swiss." 
On November 25, 1941, the .grand jurors of the United States for the District 
of New Jersey returned an indictment against the June Dairy Products Co., 
Inc., having places of business at Jersey City and Newark, N. J., and Murray 
B. Weil and Sidney Koch, alleging that within the period from on or about 
September 25 to on or about October 5,1940, the defendants relabeled a quantity 
of domestic Swiss cheese by stamping on the rind the words "Imported Swiss"; 
that the said domestic Swiss cheese had been shipped in interstate commerce 
from Thorp, Wis., on or about September 18, 1940; that the relabeling had been 
performed while the cheese was held for sale after such shipment in inter- 
state commerce; and that by the act of relabeling the article the defendants 
did, with intent to defraud and mislead, commit an act, and caused to be com- 
mitted an act, while the article was held for sale after shipment in interstate 
commerce, which resulted in its being misbranded as follows: (1) in that the 
statement "Imported Swiss" stamped on the rind was false and misleading since 
it represented that the article was imported Swiss cheese, whereas it consisted 
of domestic Swiss cheese; and (2) in that a domestic Swiss cheese had been 
offered for sale under the name of another food, namely, "Imported Swiss 
Cheese."
On January 12,1942, pleas of guilty were entered on behalf of the defendants 
and the court imposed a fine of $500 against the corporation and $1,000 against 
each of the individual defendants.