29599. Adulteration of  dried peaches.     U.  S.  v.   California  Prune   & Apricot
Growers Association.,   Plea of nolo contendere.    Fine, $300.     (F. & D.
No. 37034.   Sample No. 38724-B.)
Samples of this product were found to be moldy, infested, and dirty.
On June 2, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the California Prune & Apricot Growers As- 
sociation, San Jose, Calif., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 1, 1935, from the State of Cali- 
fornia into the State of Utah of a quantity of peaches which were adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On July 31, 1936, the defendant filed a demurrer and motion to quash, which 
were argued March 7, 1938. On May 2, 1938, the court handed down its deci- 
sion denying the motion to quash and overruling the demurrer without opinion. 
On June 27,1938, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the defend- 
ant and the court imposed a fine of $300.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.