13115. Adulteration  and misbranding of  canned  cherries.    U.   S. v.   Stockton
Food Products, Inc., and William A. Bundy. Pleas of guilty. Corpora- 
tion fined $5,000: individual fined $2,000 and placed on 2 years' proba- 
tion.    (F. D. C. No. 22100.    Sample Nos. 63891-H, 63899-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: July 7, 1947, Northern District of California, against the 
Stockton Food Products, Inc., Stockton, Calif., and William A. Bundy, president.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 5 and 13, 1946, from the State of Cali- 
fornia into the State of New York.
LABEL IN PART: "Real-Ripe Brand Dark Sweet Cherries," or "Heart 
O' Quality Brand   Royal Anne   Cherries   *    *    *   Extra Heavy Syrup."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Dark sweet cherries. Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), 
the product consisted in part of decomposed cherries.
Royal Anne cherries. Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement 
"Extra Heavy Syrup" was false and misleading, since the product was packed 
in heavy sirup; and, Section 403 (g) (2), the product purported to be and was 
represented as canned cherries, a food for which a definition and standard of 
identity had been prescribed by the regulations, and its label failed to bear 
the name of the optional packing medium present, since the label bore the 
statement "Extra Heavy Syrup," whereas the article was packed in heavy 
sirup.
DISPOSITION : August 18, 1947. Pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendants, the corporation was fined $5,000 and the individual defend- 
ant was fined $2,000 and placed on 2 years' probation.