22917. Adulteration of   walnut   meats.   U.   S.   v.   II.   Demartini   Supply   Co.
Plea of guilty.   Fine, $50.    (F.  & D.  no. 32908.    Sample nos.  45388-A, 
64057-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of walnut meats, samples of 
which were found to be rancid, moldy, or insect-infested.
On August 29, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the L. Demartini Supply Co., a corporation, 
San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 2,1933, from the State of California 
into the State of Illinois, and on or about December 5, 1933, from the State of 
California into the State of Idaho, of quantities of walnut meats which were 
adulterated. A portion of the article was labeled in part: " Packed by L. De- 
martini Supply Co., San Francisco, Calif."
The information alleged that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance, due to the 
high rancidity of a large percentage of one shipment, and mold and infestation 
with worms in the other.
On August 31, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.