3592. Adulteration of shelled peKans.     U. S. v. Frank Springer.     Plea of guilty.
Fine, $150.    (F. D. C. No. 5542.    Sample Nos. 16592-E, 82486-E to 32488-E, 
incl.)
On May 5, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of Texas 
filed an information against Frank Springer at San Antonio, Tex., alleging ship- 
ment within the period from on or about November 20 to on or about December 3, 
1940, from the State of Texas into the States of California and Nebraska of 
quantities of shelled pecans that were adulterated in that they consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy substance; and in that they had been prepared, packed, or 
held under insanitary conditions 'whereby they might have become contaminated 
with filth.
On July 1,1942, a plea of guilty having been entered by the defendant, the court 
imposed a fine of $150.