20457. Adulteration of  canned  prunes.     U.   S.  v.  Ray-Maling  Co.    Plea  of
guilty. Fine, $10. (F. & D. no. 27524. I. S. nos. 12182, 12209, 13756, 
14774, 23998, 24040, 24041.)
This action was based on the interstate shipments of quantities of canned 
prunes that were found to be partially decomposed.
On December 1, 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 law- 
making Co., a corporation, Hillsboro, Oreg., alleging shipment by said company 
in various consignments between the dates of October 7 and December 30, 1930, 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, from the State of-Oregon into the 
States of Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, of quantities of canned 
prunes that were adulterated. * The article was labeled, variously, in part: 
(Cans) " Sante Fe Brand Italian Prunes * * * Packed for The minera- 
ls Mercantile Co., Arkansas City, * * * Kan. Enid, * * * Okla."; 
" Bar-B-Q Brand Prunes * * * Packed for the Jett & Wood Merc. Co. * * * 
Lamar, Colo."; " Jordan Brand Italian Prunes * * * Packed for The J. S. 
Brown Mercantile Co. * * * Pueblo, * * * Colorado"; "Raybrook 
Brand Fresh Prunes * * * Packed by Ray-Maling Company, Inc., Kitchens, 
Hillsboro, Oregon, U. S. A."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On December 1, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.