30320. Adulteration of dried apricots.    U. S. v. Consolidated Packing Co.    Plea
of guilty.    Fine, $100.    (F. & D. No. 42609.    Sample No. 17955-D.)
This product contained an excessive number of pieces of fruit showing mold 
and decay, also insect infestation and filth.
On December 22, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court an information against the Consolidated Packing Co., a 
corporation, San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment by said defendant in vio-
lation of the Food and Drugs Act on or about May 23, 1938, from the State of 
California into the State of Maryland of a quantity of dried apricots that were 
adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "California Apricots for Man- 
ufacturing Purposes."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a filthy and 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 7, 1939, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $100.
HAEBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.