4302. Adulteration of bakery products.   IT. S. v. Royal Baking Co.   Plea of guilty.
Fine, $20. (F. D. C. No. 7698. Sample Nos. 81855-E, 81857-E, 81858-E, 
81859-E, 81861-B, 81863-B, 81868-E, 81870-B, 81872-B to 81876-B, incl.).
Samples of these products were found to contain rodent hairs, cat hairs, insect 
fragments, pieces of wire, and nondescript dirt.
On October 30, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Utah filed 
an information against the Royal Baking Co., a corporation, Salt Lake City, 
Utah, alleging shipment on or about May 13 and May 21, 1942, from the State 
of Utah into the State of Colorado of quantities of bakery products that were 
adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in'part of filthy substances and in 
that they had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they might have 
become contaminated with filth. The articles were labeled in part: "Royal * * * 
Caramel Cups," "Chocolate Nut Cups," "Honey Cups," "Cocoanut Cups," "Lemon 
Chiffon Roll," "Pineapple Slice," "Optimistic Doughnuts," "Wheat Rolls," "Spiced 
Nut Layer," or "Bear Claws."
On November 7, 1942, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $20.