5419. Adulteration of cakes.   U. S. v. Turner Manufacturing Company, Inc.   Plea
of nolo contendere. Imposition, of sentence suspended and defendant 
placed on probation for 1 year. (F. D. C. No. 9652. Sample Nos. 32642-F, 
32643-F, 32647-F, 32649-F.)
On June 17, 1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Georgia filed an information against the Turner Manufacturing Co., Inc., Atlanta, 
Ga., alleging shipment on or about March 4 and 8,1943, from the State of Georgia 
into the State of Tennessee of quantities of bakery products that were adul- 
terated. The articles were labeled in part: "Merita Pineapple Pound," or 
"Merita    *    *    *   Dainty Biscuits."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole 
or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of one or more of the 
following types of filth: Rodent excreta fragments, rodent hair fragments, and 
insect fragments. They were alleged to be adulterated further in that they 
had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
On September 13,1943, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, the court suspended imposition of sentence and placed the 
defendant on probation for 1 year.