19306. Adulteration of   canned   tuna.     U.   S.   v.   Max   A.   Rex   (California   Sea
Food Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $350.     (F. & D. No. 26700.   I. S. Nos. 
15162, 33831. 33832.)
Samples of canned tuna from the shipments herein described having been 
found to be tainted or stale, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Southern District of California.
On January 28, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Max A. Rex, 
trading as the California Sea Food Co., Los Angeles, Calif., alleging shipment 
by said company in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about April 28, 
1931, from the State of California in part into the State of Tennessee, and in 
part into the State of New York, of quantities of canned tuna that was adulter- 
ated. The article was labeled in part, variously: (Cans) "Results! Brand 
California Tuna * * * Guaranteed by M. O. Covington Co., Los Angeles, 
Calif.;" "Caltuna Brand California Tuna * * * Guaranteed by California 
Sea Food Co. Los Angeles, Calif.; " " Montecito Brand California Tuna * * * 
Guaranteed by California Sea Food Co. Los Angeles, Calif."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole and in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal 
substance.
On February 23, 1932, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $350.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.