5931.  Adulteration of prunes,  peaches,  apricots,  raisins,   and   muscatels. 
IT.  S.    *    *    *    v. Charles W. Bauermeister Co., a corporation.     Plea
of guilty.    Fine, .$100 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 8099.    I. S. Nos. 12425-1, 
12426-1, 12427-1, 12428-1, 12429-1, 12430-1.)
On December 15, 1917, the grand jurors of the United States, within and for 
the District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
upon presentment by the United States attorney for said district, returned an 
indictment in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid 
against Charles W. Bauermeister Co., a corporation, Terre Haute, Ind., charg- 
ing shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or 
about February 11, 1916 (6 shipments), from the State of Indiana into the 
State of Illinois, of quantities of prunes, peaches, apricots, raisins, and musca- 
tels which were adulterated.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
The prunes were moldy and fermented.
The peaches were moldy and discolored, had a very bad odor, 
and contained sugar mites and excreta.
The apricots showed live sugar mites present on each piece.
The raisins and muscatels showed the presence of webs, worms, 
and excreta.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was charged in the indictment 
for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
vegetable substance.
On January 9, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
indictment, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.