10465. Adulteration of canned peaches. IT. S. * * * v. The Booth 
Packing- Co., a Corporation. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $50 
and costs.     (P. & D. No. 16221.    I. S. Nos. 13063-t, 13065-t.)
On May 19, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 Booth Packing 
Co., a corporation, trading at Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said com- 
pany, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 8, 1921, 
from the State of Maryland into the State of Tennessee, of a quantity of 
canned peaches which were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: 
" Diamond   Brand   P:e   Peaches    *    *    *"
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed an excessive amount of worm infested product.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of filthy, decomposed, or putrid 
animal   and   vegetable   substances.
On May 19, 1922, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered 
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and 
costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.