21024. Adulteration of dried flgrs.    U. S. -v. Henry John Glebeler.    Plea of 
guilty.     Fine, $200.     Sentence suspended for two years.     (F. & D.
no. 29387.    I. S. nos. 18952, 22532, 22533.)
This case was based on the interstate shipment of several lots of dried 
figs which were found to be in part insect-infested, moldy, and dirty.
On January 30, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court an information against Henry John Giebeler, trading 
as Giebeler's Fig Gardens, Merced, Calif., alleging shipment by said defend- 
ant in violation of the Foods and Drugs Act, on or about November 20, 
1931, from the State of California into the State of Washington, and on or 
about December 9, 1931, from the State of California into the State of 
Nevada, of quantities of dried figs which were adulterated. The article was 
labeled in part: "Packed by Giebeler's Fig Gardens, Merced, Calif."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable and animal substance.
On April 3, 1933, the defendant withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered 
a plea of guilty to each of the two counts of the information, and a fine of 
$200 was imposed. The court ordered that the sentence be suspended for 
a period of two years on condition that there be no further violation of the law.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.