5767. Misbranding of b'ean soup mix and pea soup mix.    U. S. v. 351 Cases and
7 Cases of Bean Soup Mix, and 205 Cases and 14 Cases of Pea Soup 
Mix. • Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under 
bond for relabeling or repackaging. (F. D. C. No. 10931. Sample No. 
11875-F.)
These products were contained in waxed paper bags and the bean soup mix oc- 
cupied only 49 percent and the pea soup mix only 41 percent of the volume of the 
cardboard boxes in which they were packed.
On October 14, 1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California filed a libel against the 'above-named products at Berkeley, Calif., 
alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
August 5 and September 1, 1943, by Loufb Milani Foods, Inc., from Chicago, Ill.; 
and charging that they were misbranded in that their containers were so filled 
as to be misleading. They were labeled in part: (Package) "Milani's Dehydrated 
Bean Soup Mix with Bacon [or "Pea Soup Mix"]."
On November 30,' 1943, Louis Milani Foods, Inc, claimaiit, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the products 
were ordered released under bond for relabeling or repackaging tinder the super- 
vision of the Food and Drug Administration.