5261. Adulteration and misbranding of macaroni.    TX. S, -v. 121 Cases of Macaroni.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (P.  D.  C.  No. 10083. 
Sample Nos. 43311-F, 43312-F.)
This product contained ihsect fragments, beetles, larvae, rodent hair fragments, 
and hair fragments resembling rodent hairs..
On or about July 8, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas filed a libel against 121 cases of inacaroni at Coffeyville, Kans., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 
29 and May 19, 1943, by the Domino Macaroni Co. from Joplin, Mo.; and charging 
that it was adulterated arid misbranded. The article-was labeled in part: 
(Cartons) "Red Bird Macaroni." A portion was further labeled: "Our product 
is manufactured in a modern plant under the most sanitary conditions."        ' .-¦
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 under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth,
A portion was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Our product 
is manufactured in a modern plant under the most sanitary conditions" was 
false and misleading as applied to a product manufactured under insanitary 
conditions.
On August 26, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
} was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.