5520. Alleged Adulteration of canned mixed vegetables, canned beets, vegetable
soup, and tomato soup. IT. S. v. G. L. Webster Co., Inc. Pl»»a of not 
guilty. Trial by jury. Verdict of not guilty. (F. D. C. No. 7210. Sample 
Nos. 69196-E, 69197-E, 69576-B, 69579-E.)
On July 31, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Vir- 
ginia filed an information against G. It. Webster Co., Inc., Cheriton, Va., alleging 
shipment on or about March 7 and April 23,1941, from the State of Virginia into 
the State of New York of quantities of canned mixed vegetables, beets, vegetable 
soup, and tomato soup which were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted 
in whole or in part of decomposed substances and were otherwise unfit Sor food. 
The cases containing the cans were labeled in part: (Cases) ."Mixed Vegetables," < 
"Beets," "Vegetable Soup," or "Tomato Soup."   The cans were unlabeled.
On July 19, 1943, a plea of not guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the case came on for trial before a jury. The trial was concluded on 
July 20,1943 and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.