18988. Adulteration of evaporated apples.    U. S. v. Napa Fruit Co.    Flea of
guilty.    Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No, 26555.    I. S. No. 11650.)
Samples of evaporated apples from the shipment herein described having 
been found to be insect infested, moldy, or decayed, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California.
On September 14, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against the Napa 
Fruit Co., a corporation, Napa, Calif., alleging shipment by said company, in 
violation of the food and drugs act, on or about November 28, 1980, from the 
State of California into the State of Louisiana, of a quantity of evaporated 
apples that were adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On September 24, 1931, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.