19136. Adulteration of Brazil nuts.    17. S. v. Wm. A. Higgins & Co.  (Inc.).
Plea  of  guilty.    Fine,  $100.     (F.  &  D.  No.  26662.    I.   S.  No.  13687.)
Samples of Brazil nuts from the shipment herein described having been found 
to be moldy, rancid, decomposed, empty, or shriveled, the Secretary of Agri- 
culture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of New York.
On December 3, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Wm. A. 
Higgins & Co. (Inc.), New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company 
on or about November 21, 1930, from the State of New York into the State 
of Illinois, of a quantity of Brazil nuts which were adulterated. The article 
was labeled in part: " Sun Glo Selected Large Washed Manaos Brazils Wm. 
A. Higgins & Co., Inc., New York."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in whole and in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid vege- 
table substance.
On December 7, 1931, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company and the court imposed a fine of $100.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.