23170. Adulteration of canned blueberries.    U. S. v. Stephen D. Cousins and
Charles C.  Cousins, Jr. (S. D. & O. C. Cousins, Jr.).    Plea of nolo 
contendere.    Fine, $50.     (F. & D. no. 32875.    Sample no. 58702-A.)
This case was based on a shipment of canned blueberries that contained 
maggots. The article was falsely labeled as to the name of the manufacturer 
and place of manufacture.
On August 27, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Stephen D. Cousins and Charles C. Cousins, Jr., a 
partnership trading as S. D. & O. O. Cousins, Jr., Brooklin, Maine, alleging 
that on or about September 13, 1933, the defendants had delivered for shipment 
from Ellsworth, Maine, to Philadelphia, Pa., a quantity of canned blueberries 
which were adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
"Monmouth Brand Fancy Maine Blueberries * * * Packed by Monmouth 
Canning Co., Portland, Maine."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy vegetable and animal substance, due to infestation with a large number 
of maggots.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
"Packed By Monmouth Canning Co., Portland, Maine", was false and mis- 
leading, since the article was packed by Stephen D. Cousins and Charles C. 
Cousins, Jr., at Brooklin, Maine.
On September 6, 1934, the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere, and 
the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.