22227. Adulteration of dried figs. U. S. v. Henry J. Giebeler (H. J. Giebeler, 
Giebeler's   Fig   Gardens).      Plea   of   guilty.      Fine,   $50.      (F.   &   D.
no. 31440.    Sample nos. 12954-A, 25980-A, 25981-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of dried figs which were found" 
to be in part insect-infested, moldy, or sour.
On March 5, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Henry J. Giebeler, trading as H. J. 
Giebeler and as Giebeler's Fig Gardens, alleging shipment by said defendant 
on or about October 12 and November 16, 1932, from the State of California 
into the State of Washington, of a)antities of dried figs which were adul- 
terated. The article was labeled in part: " Calimyrna Figs Sun Dried [or 
"White California Figs"] Washed and Ready to Eat. Packed by Giebeler's 
Fig Gardens, Merced, Calif."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in part of decomposed and filthy vegetable and animal substances, 
the animal substances consisting of dead worms and beetles and excreta from 
worms.
On April 2, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $50 and ordered that the defendant stand 
committed to a county jail for nonpayment, which commitment was suspended 
for 2 years on condition that he refrain from violating any laws of the 
United States, particularly those relating to the pure food laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.