6477. Adulteration of grated cheese.    U. S. v. 7 Cases of Grated Cheese  (and 7
other seizure actions against grated cheese). Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 11634, 11753, 11818, 11857, 11968, 
12092, 12323, 12384, 12497. Sample Nos. 30371-F, 60504-F, 60511-F, 60512-F, 
60518-F, 60519-F, 60543-F, 60611-F, 60612-F, 60624-F to 60626-F, incl., 
67470-F.)
LIBELS FILED : Between January 12 and June 3,1944, District of Nevada, Northern 
District of California, and Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : From on or about November 26, 1943, to April 8, 1944, by 
the Ehrat Cheese Co., from Chicago, HI.
PRODUCT: Various cartons and cases containing the following amounts of grated 
cheese: 5,556 1%-ounce packages, 192 4-ounce packages, and 108 3-ounce 
packages at San Francisco, Calif.; 1,584 1%-ounce cans and 288 2-ounce 
cans at Reno, Nev.; 1,008 2-ounce cans and 1,152 1%-ounce cans at Sacra- 
mento, Calif.; 348 1%-ounce envelopes at Oakland, Calif.; and 576 1-pound 
cans at Cleveland, Ohio.
LABEL, IN PART: (Cans, envelopes, or cartons) "Riviera Imported Type Grated 
Italian Parmesan Cheese," "Riviera Brand Grated Parmesan Cheese*" or "Circle
E Sharp Tasty Grated Italian Style [or "Mild Tasty Grated Whole Milk Amer- 
ican"] Cheese."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of one- or 
more of the following types of filth: Rodent hair fragments, rodent hairs, mites, 
insect fragments, insects, and worm fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the 
Cleveland lot had been held (at the Ehrat Cheese Co.) under.insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : Between April 3 and June 16, 1944, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.