11425.?Adulteration and misbranding of walnut  meats.     V. S. v.  Sam  Sut?
ton.     Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,   $50.     (F.   &   D.   No.   16927.    I.   S.   No.?
13S28-t.)
On December 28, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Sam Sutton, Los Angeles, Calif., alleging shipment by said' defendant, in vio??
lation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about February 6, 1922,?
from the State of California into the State of Washington, of a quantity of?
walnut meats which were adulterated and misbranded.
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that it consisted of walnut meats of poor quality, containing a large?
percentage of inedible nuts.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable sub??
stance.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was food in?
package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu??
ously marked on the outside of the package.
On April 9, 1923, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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