10309. Adulteration of currants. U. S. * * * v. Silas A. Birdsong,?
Thomas H. Birdsong, and George S. Birdsong (Birdsong Bros.).?
Pleas of guilty.     Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No. 15563.    I. S. No. 7845-t.)
On January 19, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Silas A. Birdsong, Thomas H. Birdsong, and George S. Birdsong, copartners,?
trading as the Birdsong Bros., New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said?
defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, November 30, 1920, from?
the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of currants?
which were adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed the presence of live beetles, fuzzy nests or egg cases, and much?
loose excreta.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid vegetable?
substance.
On February 6, 1922, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.