7508. Adulteration of fruit cake. U. S. v. 96 Cakes, 180 Cakes, and 197 Cakes. 
Default decrees of condemnation. Portion of product ordered delivered 
to the National Zoological Park, for use as animal feed; remainder 
ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 14654, 14655. Sample Nos. 92863-F, 
92864-F.)
LIBELS FILED: December 15 and 26, 1944, District of Columbia and Eastern 
District of Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about October 27 and November 6, 1944, by the 
Chesapeake Baking Co., from Baltimore, Md., to Fort Meyer, Va. A portion 
was transferred from Fort Meyer, Va., to Washington, D. C, on or about 
November 17,1944.
PRODUCT: 96 2-pound cakes and 180 3-pound cakes at Fort Meyer, Va., and 
197 5-pound cakes at Washington, D. C.
LABEL, IN PART :    (Tags) "High Grade Fruit Cake."
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 larvae, 
insect fragments, and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : January 4 and 22,1945. No claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the lot at Washington was ordered de- 
livered to the National Zoological Park, for use as animal feed, and the lots at 
Fort Meyer were ordered destroyed.