23354. Adulteration of  evaporated  apples.    U.   S. v.  Loma  Fruit  Co.,  Inc.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. no. 33794.    Sample no. 69064-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of evaporated apples, 
samples of which were found to be infested, moldy, decayed, and dirty.
On October 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Loma Fruit Co., Inc., Watsonville, 
Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about December IT, 1933, from the State of California into the 
State of Oklahoma, of a quantity of evaporated apples which were adulterated. 
The article was labeled in part: " Clipper Brand Evaporated Apples Packed 
by Loma Fruit Company, Watsonville, California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On October 19, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.