20110. Adulteration of  canned  prunes.     U S.  v.  Paulus  Bros.  Packing  Co.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. & t>. No. 27525.    I.S. Nos. 15618, 16467, 
16469, 24930, 27893, 27976, 28056, 28057, 28058, 28059.)
This case was based on several shipments of canned prunes, samples of 
which were found to be moldy and rotten.
On September 22,1932, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against 
the Paulus Bros. Packing Co., a corporation, Salem, Oreg., charging violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. It was alleged in the information that the de- 
fendant company had shipped, between the dates of October 11, 1930 and 
January 24, 1931, from the State of Oregon into the States of Minnesota, 
Tennessee, and Pennsylvania, respectively, quantities of canned prunes that 
were adulterated. The product was labeled in part, variously: (Cans) " Brook- 
land Fruits PBP Co. Fresh Oregon Prunes * * * Paulus Bros. Packing 
Co. Salem, Oreg.;" "Red Tag Choice Fresh Oregon Prunes * * * Paulus 
Bros. Packing Co. Salem, Oreg.;" " Black Label Brand Fresh Prunes * * * 
The Hoover Mercantile Co. Distributers New York;" "Arks Run * * * 
Packed Exclusively for United Wholesale Grocery Co. Inc., Philadelphia, Pa."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in whole and in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On September 22, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.