28082. Adulteration of   canned  tuna.     U.   S.   v.   Van   Camp   Sea  Food   Co.   Inc.
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $200. (P. & D. No. 38065. Sample Nos. 
16215-B, 60129-B.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On March 4, 1937, 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 Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., Terminal 
Island, Calif., alleging sale and delivery by said defendant on or about January 
6, 17, and 28, and February 11 and 18, 1936, to Smart So Final Co., Ltd., at 
Wilmington, Calif., of certain quantities of canned tuna under a guaranty 
that the article was not adulterated within the meaning of the Food and 
Drugs Act; that on March 7, 1936, the said Smart & Final Co., Ltd., shipped a 
quantity of the product in the identical condition as when so sold and delivered 
by the defendant, from the State of California into the State of Nevada; that 
the article was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. It was 
labeled in part: "S and F Fancy Tuna * * * Packed for Smart & Final 
Co. Ltd."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On February 14, 1938, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of / 
the defendant and the court imposed a fine of $200. 
V
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.