28128. Adulteration of   canned   cherries.     U.   S.   v.   R.   D.   Bodle   Co.     Plea   of
guilty.    Fine, $250 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 39776.    Sample No. 32694-C.)
Samples of this product were found to contain maggots.
On October 27, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an
" information against the R. D. Bodle Co., a corporation, Seat- 
tle, Wash., alleging shipment by the defendant on or about March 2, 1937, from 
the State of Washington into the State of Montana of quantities of canned 
cherries that were adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Heep Full Brand * * * Packed by Valley 
Fruit Canning Co. Puyallup, Wash. U. S. A.   Red Sour Pitted Cherries."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 15, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered and the defendant was 
sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and costs.
HAEEY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.