27605. Adulteration of canned cherries.     IT. S. v. Starr Fruit Products Co.    Plea
of guilty.    Fine, $50.    (F. & D. No. 39445.    Sample No. 24112-C.)
Samples of this product were found to contain maggots.
On May 26, 1937, 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 the Starr Fruit Products Co., a corporation, Portland, 
Oreg., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, in part on or about August 25, 1936, and in part on or about October 9, 
1936, from the State of Oregon into the State of Idaho of quantities of canned 
cherries which were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
"Porto Standard * * * Red Sour Pitted Cherries Packed for Mason 
Ehrman & Co.   Main Office Portland Oregon."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On June 23, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.