30438. Adulteration of prunes. U. S. v. Rosenberg Bros. & Co. Plea of nolo 
contendere.   Fine, $200.    (F. & D. No. 42525.   Sample Nos. 2683-D, 7915-D.)
This product was in large part worm-infested.
On June 28, 1938, 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 Rosenberg Bros. & Co., a corporation, 
San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 19 and February 14, 1938, from 
the State of California into the State of New York of quantities of dried prunes 
that were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "For Manufacturing 
Purposes Only."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance, namely, worm-infested prunes.
On February 15, 1939, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of 
the defendant and the court imposed a fine of $200.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.