27331. Adulteration of walnut meats.    IT. S. v. Herman C. Fisher Co.    Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $100.    (F. & D. no. 39467.    Sample no. 28877-C.)
This case involved walnut meats that were in part moldy and insect-eaten.
On May 18, 1937, 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 Herman C. Fisher Co., a corporation, 
San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act on or about October 31, 1936, from the State of California 
into the State of Washington of a quantity of walnuts that were adulterated. 
The cartons were labeled in part: "Shelled California Walnuts * * * 
Fisher's Excel   Herman C. Fisher Co. San Francisco Calif."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 1, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $100.
H. A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.