6410. Adulteration of prunes. V. S. * * * v. Hampton Grocery Co., a?
corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, f5. (F. & D. No. 8508. I. S. No.?
11374-m.)
On December 24, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
the Hampton Grocery Co., a corporation, Catlettsburg, Ky., alleging shipment?
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January?
2, 1917, from the State of Kentucky, into the State of Missouri, of a quantity?
of prunes which were adulterated.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Packages.    Gartons.
Number of primes examined?
06?55
Number of prunes worm-eaten?
22?46
Per cent of prunes worm-eaten?
33. 3       83. 7
Number of worms found   (live)?
    3?4
Number of bugs found (live)?
    1
All prunes showed webs, excreta, and other evidence?
of worminess.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 27, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $5.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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