4921. Adulteration and misbranding of cake.    IT. S. v. Old Plantation Baking Co.    Plea of
guilty.   Fine, $300.    (F. D. C. No. 8782.   Sample Nos. 15543-F to 15549-F, incl.)
This product contained rodent hairs, mammalian hairs resembling rodent hairs, 
insect parts, feather barbules, nondescript dirt, carbon, and threads.
On February 12, 1943, the United States attorney, for the District of Montana filed. 
an information against the Old Plantation Baking Co., a corporation, at Helena, 
Mont., alleging shipment on or about July 21, 1942, from the State of Montana into 
the States of North Dakota and Washington of a quantity of cake that was adul- 
terated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Eddy's Butterscotch 
Cake [or "Chocolate Cake," "Burnt Sugar Cake," "Banana Flip," or "Applesauce"]," 
or "Fresh Banana Flip Made with Fresh Ripe Bananas."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of .a filthy substance, and in that it had been prepared, packed, or held under insani- 
tary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. «
The lot labeled in part "Fresh Banana Flip Made with Fresh Ripe Bananas" was 
alleged to be misbranded in that the statements "Fresh Banana" and "Made with 
Fresh Ripe Bananas" were false and misleading in that the statements represented 
and suggested that the article had been made with fresh, ripe bananas, whereas it 
had not been made with fresh, ripe bananas. It was alleged to be misbranded further 
in that it contained artificial flavoring and did not bear labeling stating that fact.
On June 17, 1943, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the defendant, 
the court imposed a fine of $300.