21616. Adulteration of    cherries   in    brine.      U.    S.   v.   William    G.    Allen
(Allen Fruit Co. or TV.. G. Allen Fruit Co. or Hunt Bros. Packing- 
Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. no. 28140. l.S. nos. 22916 
to 22919, incl.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of cherries in brine that were 
found to be in part rotten and moldy.
On September 21.1933, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against William G. Allen, trading as the Allen Fruit Co., the 
W. G. Allen Fruit Co.. and the Hunt Bros. Packing Co., having his principal 
place of business at Salem. Oreg., also a place of business at Dundee, Oreg., 
alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
between the dates of July 13 and July 25, 1931, from the State of Oregon into 
the State of New Jersey, of quantities of cherries in brine that were adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in part of decomposed and putrid vegetable substances.
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On November 21, 1933, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.