People v. Merola

The defendants were charged with offering for sale grapefruit in boxes containing fifteen or more per cent of a serious frost damage, and upon conviction appealed from the judgment. The California Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Standardization Act, in section 12 thereof, provides that it shall be unlawful to offer for sale any fruits which do not comply with all the requirements of the act. In section 20 of the act, as amended in 1929, it is *785provided that all citrus fruits when being offered for sale shall conform to the following standard:

“Citrus fruits shall be . . . virtually free from marked…