21888. Adulteration of  celery.   U.  S. v.  Chase &  Co.   Plea  of  guilty.   Fine,
?15.     (F. & D. no. 30129.    I.S. nos. 43173, 43178, 43234.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of celery that was found to 
bear arsenic in an amount that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On January 8, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Chase & Co., a corporation, Sanford, 
Fla., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about March 17 and March 19, 1982, from the State of Florida into 
the State of Pennsylvania, of quantities of celery that was adulterated. Por- 
tions of the article were labeled: " Precooled and Each Stalk Washed Chase 
& Co. Sanford, Florida."   The remainder was unlabeled.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it contained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, arsenic, in an 
amount which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On January 23, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $15.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.