7932. Adulteration of noodles.    U. S. v. Howard G. Lee.    Plea of guilty.    Pine,
$500.     (F. D. C. No. 12541.    Sample Nos. 35039-F, 58573-F, 58755-F, 58756-F, 
63224-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : April 17,1945, District of Columbia, against Howard G. Lee, 
the manager of the Chung Wah Noodle Manufacturing Co., Washington, D. C.; 
charging that on March 22 and April 6, 1944, he manufactured in the District 
of Columbia a quantity of noodles that were adulterated; and that on March 20
and 21 he introduced into commerce in the District of Columbia and, on March 
22, 1944, shipped to Atlanta, Ga., quantities of noodles similarly adulterated.
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 rodent hair 
fragments, hair fragments resembling rodent hair fragments, insect fragments, 
and dark, foreign material; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared 
and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: April 17, 1945. The defendant having entered a plea of guilty, 
a fine of $100 on each of 5 counts, a total of $500, was imposed.