16341. Adulteration of eraporated peaches, evaporated apples, and black- 
eyed   peas.     TJ.   S.   v.   Livingston   Grain   &   Grocery   Co.     Plea   of
guilty.     Fine,  $300.     (F.  & D.  No.  22597.     I.   S.  Nos.  19332-x,  19333-x, 
19334-x;)
On March 4, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for sajd district an information against 
the Livingston Grain & Grocery Co., *a corporation, Livingston, Tex., alleging 
shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or 
about July 11, 1927, from the State of Texas into the State of Missouri, 
of quantities of evaporated peaches, evaporated apples, and blackeyed peas 
which were adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the articles .were adulterated in 
that they consisted in whole or in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid! 
animal and vegetable substances.
On March 11, 1929, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.