9580. Adulteration and misbranding of canned turnip greens and canned mustard
greens. U. S. v. 1,213 Cases of Turnip Greens (and 9 other seizure ac- 
tions against turnip greens and mustard greens). Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 18476, 18521, 18552, 18696 
to 18700, incl., 18773, 19140. Sample Nos. 25888-H, 25889-H, 26360-H, 
30435-H, 30436-H, 47020-H, 47021-H, 47027-H, 47030-H, 47037-H, 47281-H, 
47282-H, 47304-H.)
LIBEL FILED: Between November 26, 1945, and February 13, 1946, District of 
Colorado and Northern District of Texas.  
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of July 10 and August 
14,1945, by the E. L. Peterson Canning Co., Sallisaw, Okla.
PRODUCT: 2,073 cases of turnip greens and 336 cases of mustard greens at Denver, 
Colo.; 224 cases of turnip greens at Colorado Springs, Colo.; and 198 cases 
of turnip greens at Amarillo, Tex. The greens contained large amounts of 
grass. Six of the 10 shipments contained aphids; and in one of these shipments 
grasshoppers were also found.
LABEL IN PART: "Stigler [or "Sallisaw Brand"] Turnip Greens," or "El-Pete 
Mustard Greens."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), grass had been sub- 
stituted in part for turnip greens and mustard greens; Section 402 (b) (4), 
it had been mixed and packed with the products so as to reduce their quality; 
and, Section 402 (a) (3), portions of the products consisted in whole or in 
part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of aphids and, in one lot, 
grasshoppers.
Misbranding (portion), Section 403 (a), the label designations, "Turnip 
Greens" and "Mustard Greens," were false and misleading as applied to prod- 
ucts containing grass.
peared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered 
destroyed.