P. & D. No. 2969.
I. S. Nos. 9989-c and 9990-c.	
Issued February 24, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1262.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTEKATION OF PEACHES.
On October 10, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Eastern?
District of North Carolina, acting upon a report of the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed information in the District Court of the United?
States for said district against A. B. Seeley & Son, alleging shipment?
by them, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about De??
cember 30, 1910, from the State of North Carolina into the State of?
Maryland of a quantity of peaches which were adulterated. The?
peaches were labeled: " Oro Brand Peaches Packed by California?
Fruit Canners' Association at San Jose, California." " Honey?
Suckle Brand Peaches Packed by California Fruit Canners' Asso??
ciation at San Jose, California."
Samples of said product numbered I. S. Nos. 9989-c and 9990-c,?
respectively, were examined by the Bureau of Chemistry of the?
United States Department of Agriculture with the following results:
9989-C :                                                                                                                     Grams.?Per cent.
Passable?
       74?10.9
Worms?
        38?5.6
Excreta and sugar mites?
      413?60.9
Excreta?
      153?22.5
678?99.9
7 live worms; 7 beetles.
9990-c:
Passable?
?106?17.5
Wormy?
?115?19. 0
Sugar mites and excreta:?
?157?25.9
Excreta- ??-?
_?226?37.4
604   '     99.8?
13 live worms; 4 beetles.
Adulteration was alleged against the peaches for the reason that?
they consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
On October 11, 1911, the defendants pleaded guilty and were fined?
$25 and costs.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 19, 1911.
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