24828. Adulteration of dried black grapes and dried prunes.    U.  S. v.  Call-
fornia  Packing   Corporation.     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine,  $200.     (F.   & D.
no. 29512.    I. S. nos. 20275, 22022, 32705, 43324.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of dried black grapes and dried 
prunes which were in part insect-infested, moldy, dirty, or decayed.
On April 14, 1933, 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 California Packing Corporation trad-' 
in at San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act on or about March 18, 1931, from the State of Cali- 
fornia into the State of New York of a quantity of dried prunes, and on or 
about February 17, 1932, from the State of California into the State of Penn- 
sylvania of a quantity of dried black grapes which were adulterated. The 
articles were labeled in part: "Winner Brand Dried Black Grapes [or "Slab 
Prunes"] Western Fruit Packing Co. San Francisco, Calif."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated In that they consisted In whole 
or in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substances.
On August 3, 1933, the defendant company filed a demurrer and a motion for 
a bill of particulars, which were overruled on May 20, 1935. On September 28, 
1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant company and 
the court imposed a fine of $200.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.