20998. Adulteration of dates.    V. S. v. Capitol Candied Nuts, Inc.    Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $50.     Sentence  suspended.     (F.  & D. no.  29398.     I.  S. 
no. 31701.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of dates in which approxi- 
mately 21 percent of those examined showed evidence of insect infestation.
On January 24, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Capitol Candied Nuts, Inc., a corpo- 
ration, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 9, 1931, from the State of New York 
into the State of Colorado, of a quantity of dates that were adulterated.   The
article   was   labeled   in   part:   "Kapitol   *   *    *   imported   Dates   Capitol 
Candied Nuts Inc."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in part of a filthy vegetable and animal substance, due to insect 
infestation and dead insects contained therein.
On March 23, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50, which fine 
was suspended.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.