5612. Adulteration, of apples. U. S. * * * v. Southern Can Co., a corpo- 
ration. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, Jj55 and costs. (F. & D. 
No. 6898.    1. S. No. 8994-m.)
On May 31, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against the Southern Can 
Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., alleging that said company received from 
the State of Pennsylvania a quantity of canned apples, in cases, which were 
adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, and having so received 
said article did, on or about July 17, 1916, offer to deliver the same, in the 
original unbroken packages, to a purchaser in the city of Baltimore, Md., in 
further violation of said act. The article was labeled in part, " Musselman's 
Choice Canfled Apples.    Packed by Musselman Canning Co., Biglerville, Pa."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results:
Each of the three cans examined was leaky. The contents of 
twTo of the cans were badly decomposed. Tho contents of the third 
can were not fit for food.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On May 31, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere 
to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $5 and costs.
0. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.