14976. Misbranding of canned cherries.   U. S. v. 59 Cases   *   *   *.    (F. D. C.
No. 27028.   Sample No. 50135-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 16,1949, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about April 1,1949, by the Paulus Bros. Packing Co., 
from Salem, Oreg.
PRODUCT: 59 cases, each containing 48 8%-ounce cans, of cherries at Phila- 
delphia, Pa.
LABEL IN PART :    (Can) "Norris   Royal Anne Cherries."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, 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 has been prescribed, and its label failed to bear, as re- 
quired by the regulations, the name of the optional cherry ingredient present, 
i. e., "light sweet"; and its label failed also to bear the name of the optional 
packing medium present, i. e., "extra heavy syrup."
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claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered. The court ordered that the product be released under bond, to be 
relabeled under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
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