25430. Adulteration of prunes.    V.  S.  v. Ben  Greenbaum.    Plea  of guilty.
Fine, $50.    (F. & D. no. 35939.   Sample no. 31504-B.)
This case was based on a shipment of dried prunes which were in part 
decomposed.
On August 31, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against Ben Greenbaum, Portland, Oreg., alleging ship- 
ment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
February 7, 1935, from the State of Oregon into the State of Washington of a 
quantity of prunes that were adulterated.
:the article was alleged to be adulterated In that It consisted in part of a 
flithy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 8, 1935, the defendant having entered a plea of guilty, a fine 
of $50 was Imposed. Payment of fine was suspended and the defendant was 
placed on probation for 3 years. On December 19, 1935, the judgment was set 
aside and the defendant was fined $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.