15096. Adulteration of canned tomatoes.   U. S. v. Louis H. Herndon (Humboldt
Canning Co.).   Plea of nolo contendere.   Fine, $500.    (F. D. C, No.
26334.   Sample Nos. 23621-K,23624-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : June 9,1949, Western District of Tennessee, against Louis 
H. Herndon, trading as the Humboldt Canning Co., Humboldt, Tenn.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 24, 1948, from the State of Tennessee 
into the State of Mississippi.
LABEL IN PART :    "Dyer Brand   Hand Packed Tomatoes."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of fly maggots and fly 
eggs, and it consisted in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the 
presence of decomposed tomato material; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article 
had been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may 
have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : July 8, 1949. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered, the 
court imposed a fine of $500.