17296. Adulteration of canned cberries.    U. S. v. Gervas Canning: Co. Plea
of guilty.    Fine, 850.    (F. & D. No. 22526.    I. S. Nos. 13888-x, 13893-x, 
13894-x, 13895-x, 13896-x.)
On January 23, 1928, the United Slates attorney for The Western District j 
of New York, 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 Gervas Canning Co., a corporation, Fredonia, N. Y., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about August 16, 
1926, from the State of New York into the State of Ohio, of a quantity of 
canned cherries which were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: 
"Gervas Brand * * * Red Sour Cherries Packed by Gervas Canning Co., 
Fredonia, N. Y."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable 
substances.
On May 29, 1930, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
ABTHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.