Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, April 04, 1970, Image 7

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    BONANZA
THE
QUALITY
FERTILIZER
hvmid
11(2^
SEEDS
HEISTAND SROS.
R#3, Elizabethtown
Milton Giove
367-1504
CHARLES K. NISSLEY
R#2, Colum,bia
285-5506
Vtg/sar FOR UNEXCELLED QUALITY AND SERVICE
BONANZA
Firm Ordered To Stop ‘Bait
Four fi ee/ri looker meat pio
eessing ii i« (| nieichandiMng
flnns and their owncis have
been ordeied by (he US De
partment of Agiiaillure to
Mop using "bait and switch"
ad vci Using pi act tecs and other
wise inisicprcsenllng the pro
GOLDEN ACRES
SEED CORN SORGHUM HAYGRAZER
(AIL YOUR ROYSTER dealer today
KIRKWOOD
FEED & GRAIN
SMITH BROS.
R#2, Elverson
duel they sell, in \iolalion of
the I’aekei s and Stoelaaids A< I
The foui (iimsaie
Hi uhiis fiee/ei Meats of
Denier, Colo .
Bruhn's Fiee/er Meals of
Chicago, Inc . doing business as
Beefland Fieerci Meals, Bristol.
Wis.
Bruhn’s Freezer Meals of
Alexandria, Va, (now “Just
Good Meals"), and
Bruhn’s Service Co, Inc,
Elkhorn. Neb. which manages
the business policies and piac
lices of the Bustol Demei. and
Alexandna outlets, as well as
approximately 30 similar and
affiliated firms located llnough
out the U S.
In an administrative order
effective Maich 29, USDA Judi
cial Officer Thomas J. Flavin
ordcied the fnms, as well as
Earl Biuhn and Robert Bruhn,
sole owneis and president and
vice-president, respectively, of
the firms, to stop:
(1) Offering to sell meat at
ceitain prices or under certain
conditions if the offer is not
bona fide;
(2) Prepaung or displaying
meat for the purpose of making
a prospective customer believe
the purchase would be inad
visable,
(3) Disparaging or otheiwise
ridiculing or degrading meat
advertised for sale;
(4) Misrepresenting the
USDA quality grade officially
assigned to any meat or meat
product,
(5) Misrepresenting the an
ticipated yield of any bulk
quantity of meat,
(6) Misrepresenting the por-
‘Rqyster liquid nitrogen
Company
Kirkwood
786-7650
215-286-5125
Ihut of tho liu'sioik caic.i'is
hom which meal oi meat pin
dmt't have been picpaicd. .md
(7) Dollvt'imeal wlmh is
not of the same grade oi quail
tv as that selected by the eus
lomci. oi winch was piepaied
fiom a diffeient poilion of the
livestock caicass than that si
lectcd by the customer
The tease and desist oidei
like a pcimaiienl injunction -
was issued to insmc fulieo
compliance with Die I’&S Act
The oidci icsultcd fiom a
complaint filed in 1966 by Hie
Packets and StocKy.nds Admin
istialion (then the P&S Divi
sion of USDA’s Consumer and
Maikcting Service) in which
the In ms and their ownei s wei e
chaiged with advertising in
vauous newspaper to sell med
at specific puces.
The offers were not bona fide
the complaint charged, in that
the firms’ salesm n n made no
effort to sell the advertised
meat, discouraged customeis
from buying it, and attempted
to and usually did sell them
higher-priced meat
The complaint also charged
that in several specific tians
actions, the fnms sold consum
ers meat represented to be beef
sides and hmdquaiters of a
specific USDA grade, and later
delivered packaged and process
ed meat prepared from beef
forequaiteis, or from meat of a
lower USDA grade or winch
had not been graded
A senes of hearings vveie
held before a USDA Hearing
Examiner in Kenosha, Wis,
IRA B. LANDIS
1912 Creek Hill Rd , Lancaster
394-7912
H. M. STAUFFER & SONS STEVENS FEED MILL
Witmer
393-1369
LnncusU’r running. SaUinltiy, April ‘I, !l)70
CHEMICALS
SEED CORN
JOHN Z. MARTIN
New Holland
Leola
733-2153 656-7630
Stevens
Switch’
Deinei Colo, Jind W.islninjon,
J> C'. .ind based on Hie lesti
mom .nul e\ idenee p'esei.ted .it
(lie heatings the .Itidnial Om
cei concluded that (lie f'm".
li.id m imf.m and de
ceiilivc pi.icluos in the sale ul
ine.il and meat pioducts in com
lIU'I ee
Donald A Campbell Admm
islialoi of P&SA said that tins
is a “landmaik ease in the rl
foils by P&SA to pioleet con
smneis fiom unfan and dea p-
U\e piactiees”
The P&S Act is a fan tiadc
piacliccs law It p.omotes <.rd
maintains fan and open com
petition in the marketing of
Inestoek, poulliy, and meat
The cease and desist oidei be
comes effective Match 29 The
iccoid in this case is open to
the public Copies of the deri
sion and order, P&S DocKt
3650, may be obtained fiom the
Infoi motion Officer, Packei s
and Stockyaids Admuustiat.on,
USDA, Washington, D C 20250
Call Us Now
To seive the Lancastei
County faim community bet
ter, we maintain two phone
numbeis Our main number
is 394-3047 But our subsci ib
eis and adveitiseis can also
teach us thiough 626 2191
(ask for Lancastei Fanning)
and avoid a toll call from the
Akion, Ephiata and Man
heim exchanges
hybrid
SEEDS
354-5848
‘Nitrogen
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