6212. Adulteration of pretzel straws and pretzel sticks.    U.  S. v. 24 Cartons
and 999 Cartons of Pretzel Straws, and 2 Cans of Pretzel Sticks, Default 
decrees of • condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 11464, 11528. 
Sample Nos. 48262-F, 48263-F, 48535-F.)
LIBELS FILED: December 28 and 29, 1943, Northern and Southern Districts of 
Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about November 12 to November 23, 1943, by 
the Becker Pretzel Bakeries, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
PRODUCT; 24 cartons, each containing 12 1%-ounce packages, of pretzel straws 
and 2 cans, each containing 175 pretzel sticks, at Cleveland, Ohio, and 999' 
7-pound cartons of pretzel straws at Cincinnati, Ohio.
T
LABEL, IN PART: (Packages) "Becker's Pretzel Straws," (cans) "Becker's 
Pet-so Pretzels Giant Sticks," and (999 cartons) "Becker's Crisp Tender De- 
licious Pretzels   Pretzel Straws."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments, rodent hair fragments, and fragments resembling rodent hairs; and, 
Section 402 (a) (4), they had been prepared under insanitary conditions 
whereby they might have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 12 and May 25, 1944. No claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered 
destroyed.
CORN MEAL