22679. Adulteration of  canned  tuna.    U.   S.  v.  Halfhill  Packing  Corpora¬
tion,   Ltd.,   and   Harry   J.   calfs.     Pleas   of   guilty.     Fine,   $25.
(F. & D. no. 30136.    I. S. no. 43163.)
This case was based on a shipment of canned tuna which was in part 
decomposed.
On September 29, 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 Halfhill Packing Corporation, Ltd., a 
corporation, and Harry J. Halfhill, of Los Angeles, Calif., alleging shipment by 
said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about Febru- 
ary 19, 1932, from the State of California into the State of Pennsylvania, of a 
quantity of canned tuna which was adulterated. The article was labeled in 
part: "Kellogg's Brand Supreme Quality White Meat Tuna Fish * * * 
H. Kellogg & Sons, Distributors, Philadelphia."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal 
substance.
On September 7,1934, the defendant Harry J. Halfhill entered a plea of guilty 
for himself and on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a 
joint fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.