2462. Adulteration of Hood-Lax. TJ. S. v. Hood Products Corporation,
Cal-Par Corporation, and Charles H. Fingerhood. Pleas of guilty. Total
fine of $4,000  ($3,500 of fine applicable to another product).     (F. D. C.
No. 24046.    Sample No. 6516-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : March 17, 1948, Southern District of New York, against
the Hood Products Corporation and the Cal-Par Coriwration, New York, N. Y.,
and Charles H. Fingerhood, president and treasurer of the corporation.?(
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 31,1946, from the State of New York
into the State of New Jersey.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (a) (1), the article consisted
in part of a filthy substance, i. e., larvae, insect fragments, and a rodent hair
fragment; and, Section 501 (a) (2), it had been prepared under insanitary
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
The information alleged also that another product known as Cal-Par was
adulterated under the provisions of the law applicable to foods, as reported
in notices of judgment on food.
DISPOSITION: October 8, 1948. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court
imposed a total fine of $4,000 against the defendants jointly and severally,
of which $500 was attributable to count 1 of the information relating to the
Rood-Lax.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF DEVIATION FROM
OFFICIAL OR OWN STANDARDS