15782. Adulteration of prunes.   U. S. v. Hudson-Duncan & Co.   Plea of nolo
contendere.   Fine, $750.   (F. D. C. No. 24830.   Sample No. 36613-K.) 
INDICTMENT RETURNED :   November 1, 1948, District of Oregon, against Hudson- 
Duncan & Co., a corporation, Dundee, Oreg.   The indictment alleged that the 
defendant knowingly and feloniously caused a quantity of prunes to be 
introduced and delivered for introduction into interstate commerce. -
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, insect frag- 
ments, and rodent hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared and 
packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : January 5,1949. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered, 
the court imposed a fine of $750.