29235. Adulteration of grapefruit.    U. S. v. Leo Terkanian, alias Leo Tucker.
Plea of not guilty.    Tried to the court and a jury.    Verdict of guilty. 
Fine, $200.     (F. & D. No. 42517.    Sample No. 9603-C.)
This product had been damaged by drying.
On June 4, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Cali- 
fornia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against Leo Terkanian, alias Leo Tucker, at Los Angeles, 
Calif., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about July 12, 1937, from the State of Arizona into the State of Cali- 
fornia, of a quantity of grapefruit which was adulterated. The article was 
labeled in part: "Arizona Grapefruit Desert Star Brand Southwest Fruit Growers, 
Inc. Phoenix, Arizona."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that grapefruit which had been 
damaged and rendered inedible by drying had been substituted wholly or in part 
for edible grapefruit which the article purported to be; and in that a valuable 
constituent of the article, juice, had been in part extracted therefrom; and in 
that the article consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
A plea of not guilty having been filed by the defendant, the case came home 
for trial before the court and a jury. At the conclusion of testimony the jury 
returned a verdict of guilty and on July 15, 1938, the court sentenced the 
defendant to pay a fine of $200.
HABBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.