4636. Adulteration of canned asparagus.   U. S. v. William Peter Jensen (Kenton
Packing Co.).   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $150.    (F. D. C. No. 8771.   Sample Nos. 
89548-E to 89550-B, incl.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of cans that had undergone 
flat-sour decomposition and in which the contents were soiir, putrid, and con- 
tained living bacteria.
On January 13, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Delaware 
filed an information against William Peter Jensen, trading as the Kenton Pack- 
ing Co., at Kenton, Del., alleging shipment on or about May 8, 1942, from the 
State of Delaware into the State of New York of a quantity of canned asparagus 
that was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed 
substance. The article was labeled in part: "Sweet Life All Green Spears 
*   *   *   Asparagus."
On January 30, 1943, the defendant having entered a plea of guilty, the court 
imposed a fine of $150.