21641. Adulteration of dried peaches.    U. S. v. Mount Whitney Corporation
(Mount   "Whitney   Packing:   Corporation).    Plea   of   guilty.     Fine, 
$100.     (F. Sc D. no. 29477.    I.S. no. 41081.)
This case was based on the delivery for shipment in interstate commerce 
of a quantity of dried peaches that were insect-infested and that also showed 
indications of rodent infestation. Approximately 10 percent of the peaches 
examined were found to be moldy, decayed, or dirty.
On April 6, 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 the Mount Whitney Corporation, 
trading as the Mount Whitney Packing Corporation, at Armona, Calif., alleg- 
ing that on or about November 1, 1931, the said company had delivered at 
Fresno, Calif., for shipment in interstate commerce to St. Louis, Mo., a quantity 
of dried peaches that were adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in 
that it consisted in part of filthy and decomposed animal and vegetable 
substances.
On October 9, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.