28467. Adulteration of prunes.    U.  S. v.  North Pacific Cooperative Prune Ex¬
change.    Plea  of  guilty.    Fine,  $25.     (F.  &  D.  No.  39812.    Sample No- 
29578-C.)
This product consisted in part of decomposed prunes.
On November 24, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon,, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against the North Pacific Cooperative Prune Exchange, a cor- 
poration, Portland, Oreg., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about March 11, 1937, from the State of Oregon into 
the State of Washington, of a quantity of prunes which were adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or ia 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 6, 1938, a plea of guilty was entered and the defendant was 
sentenced to pay a fine of $25.
HAERT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.