22107. Adulteration of canned pumpkin. U. S. v. Wm. Lanlng & Son Co. 
ŠPlea of guilty. Fine, $400. (F. & D. no. 31378. Sample nos. 20365-A, 
22444-A, 33455-A.)
Sample cans of pumpkin taken from the shipments involved in this case were 
found to be unsterile and sour.
On January 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis-
trict court an information against W. Laning & Son Co., a corporation, Bridge- 
ton, N. J., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about April 21, April 22, September 28, and December 9, 1932, from 
the State of New Jersey in part into the State of Pennsylvania and in part into 
the State of Maryland, of quantities of canned pumpkin which was adulterated. 
'The article was labeled in part: "Silver Lake Brand Fancy Pumpkin * * * 
Packed by W. Laning & Son Co., Bridgeton, N.J."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
?consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 19, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $400.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.