---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 22"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "22"
heading: "Barrels misbranded"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/22"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Adulterated or Misbranded Foods or Drugs"
  - "Subchapter II — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §22. Barrels misbranded


Barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be [misbranded](/usc/21/1033.md?p=l) within the meaning of [sections 20 to 23](/usc/21/20..23.md) of this title—

First. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or [device](/usc/21/355–2.md?p=a-3) indicating that the apples contained therein are “Standard” grade and the apples when packed do not conform to the requirements prescribed by [section 20 of this title](/usc/21/20.md).

Second. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or [device](/usc/21/355–2.md?p=a-3) indicating that the apples contained therein are “Standard” grade and the barrel fails to bear also a statement of the name of the variety, the name of the locality where grown, and the name of the packer or the [person](/usc/21/379j–21.md?p=k-10) by whose authority the apples were packed and the barrel marked.


## Source credit

(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, § 5, 37 Stat. 251.)