25259. Adulteration of walnut meats. U. S. v. Leslie C. Mitchell. Defendant 
found guilty. Fine of $25 suspended. (F. & D. no. 32883. Sample no. 
41976-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of walnut meats which were 
in part wormy, moldy, and rancid.
On August 31, 1934, 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 Leslie C. Mitchell, Santa Ana, Calif., 
charging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about November 28, 1933, from the State of California into the 
State of Montana, of a quantity of walnut meats which were adulterated. 
The article was labeled: "Walnut Meats   25 Lbs. Net Weight When Packed."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 26, 1935, the defendant on trial to the court after waiver of 
jury, was found guilty and a fine of $25 was imposed, which was suspended 
'due to impending bankruptcy of defendant.
R. G. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.