People v. Beggs

In three separate complaints three groups of defendants were charged, in count one, with wilfully and unlawfully selling “an article of food, to wit: onions, which was then and there mislabeled and misbranded, in that its label represented the contents of the container in which it was packed to be greater in quantity and weight than they in truth and in fact were.” These allegations state a public offense under section 26510 of the Health and Safety Code (Stats. 1943, p. 2635) which provides: “The . . . selling . . . of any article of food which is . . . misbranded is prohibited,” for section…