1320. Adulteration of dried prunes.    V. S. v. Winchester Dried Fruit Co., An¬
tonio Teresi, and.Bert .Kirk, Jr.    Pleas of guilty.    Fine, $800.     (F. D. C.
No. 2109.    Sample Nos. 10406-B, 10407-B.)
This product was decomposed as well as insect-infested.
On September 4, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California filed an information against the Winchester Dried Fruit Co., a cor- 
poration, Campbell, Calif., and Antonio Teresi and Bert Kirk, Jr., alleging ship- 
ment on or about October 28 and December 1, 1939, from the State of California 
into the State of New York, of quantities of dried prunes that were adulterated 
in that they consisted in whole and in part of a filthy and decomposed substance. 
The article was labeled in part: "Manhattan Natural Condition Prunes for 
Manufacturing Purposes."
On September 14, 1940, pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendants, the court imposed a fine of $500 against the corporation and $150 
against each of the individual defendants.