23303. Adulteration of evaporated apple  chops.     U.  S. v.  Cliarles J. Allen
and Frank C. Hutteman (Battletown Fruit Co.). Plea of nolo con- 
tendere.    Fine, $50.    (F. & D. no. 32169.    Sample nos. 26993-A, 32750-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of apple chops, samples of 
which were found to be filthy because of insect infestation and rodent contami- 
nation.
On July 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Charles J. Allen and Frank C. Hutteman, 
members of a partnership trading as the Battletown Fruit Co., Staunton, Va., 
alleging shipment by said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about December 17, 1932, from the State of Virginia into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and on or about January 13, 1933, from the State of Virginia into 
the State of Ohio of quantities of a product, invoiced as apple chops, which 
were adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On October 22, 1934, a plea of nolo contendere was entered and the court 
imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.