13351. Adulteration   of   canned   goods.     U.   S.   v.   Milliken,   Totnlinson   Co.
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $25. (F. & D. No. 18584. 1. S. No. 
1962-v.)
On September 23, 1024, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United State's for said district an information against the Milliken, 
Tomlinson Co., a corporation, Portland, Me., alleging shipment by said com- 
pany, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about November 20, 1923, 
from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, of a quantity of 
canned goods which was adulterated. A portion of the article was labeled in 
part: " Superba Brand Loganberries" (or " Superba Brand Plum Preserves") 
" Milliken, Tomlinson Co. Distributors, Portland, Me." A portion of the 
cans were labeled in part: " Pure Cranberry Preserves"; the remainder of 
the said cans bore no label.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the cans examined were hard swells or leakers, and 
the contents of said cans were found to consist of a filthy mass, covered with 
mold and with a pronounced sour odor.
Adulteration of the article was alleged, in the .information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy and putrid and decomposed vegetable sub- 
stance.
On April 21, 1925, a plea of nolo contendere to the information, was entered 
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court .imposed a fine of $25.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.