1606. Adulteration of canned peacbes.     V. S. v. Jack Gomperts  (Jack Gomperts
& Co.).     Plea of nolo contendere.     Fine, 325.     (F. D. C. No. 2851.    Sam- 
ple No. 12626-E.)
Samples of this product were found to contain dirt, mold, dead larvae and 
insects, and insect and rodent excreta.
On October 22, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California filed an information against Jack Gomperts, trading as Jack Gomperts 
& Co. at San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment on or about May 11, 1940, from 
the State of California into the State of New York of a quantity of peaches 
that were adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in part of a filthy sub- 
stance. The article was labeled in part: (Cases) "Whole Unpitted California 
Cling Peaches."
On January 11, 1941, the defendant having entered a plea of nolo contendere, 
the court imposed a fine of $25.