8511. Adulteration of macaroni and noodle products.    U. S. v. Favro Macaroni
Manufacturing Co., a partnership, and Armand Favro. Pleas of guilty. 
Partnership fined $504; individual fined $4 and sentenced to serve. 3 
months in jail; jail sentence suspended, and individual defendant placed 
on 3 years' probation. (F. D. C. No. 14288. Sample Nos. 74541-F, 74543-F, 
74722-F, 74956-F, 83501-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : August 23, 1945, Western District of Washington, against 
the Favro Macaroni Manufacturing Co., a partnership, Seattle, Wash., and 
Armand Favro, a partner.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of September 6 and Oc- 
tober 13, 1944, from the State of Washington into the States of Montana, 
Oregon, and Idaho.
LABLE, IN PART: (Portion) "100% Semolina Sedan [or "Long Capellini"] 
Cinelli's Best Imported Style Paste Seattle G. Cinelli Company Tacoma"; 
(remainder) "Mostacioli," "Egg Noodles," "Orzo," "Spaghetti," "Vermicelli, 
"Perciatelli," "Chifferi Rigati," "Grandina," "Star," "Rigatoni," "Elbow Mac- 
aroni," or "Egg Spaghetti."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a), the products consisted in 
whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of live insects, 
insect fragments, insect excreta and webbing, rodent hairs, and a rodent ex- 
creta fragment; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been prepared, packed, 
and held under insanitary conditions whereby they might have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: October 11, 1945. Pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendants, the partnership was fined $500 on count 1 and $1 on each 
of counts 2, 3, 4, and 5. The individual defendant was sentenced to serve 3 
months in jail on count 1 and was fined $1 on each of counts 2, 3, 4, and 5. The 
jail sentence was suspended, and the individual defendant was placed on pro- 
bation for 3 years, with the "provision that he clean up and maintain his 
manufacturing premises to the satisfaction of the Food and Drug Administra- 
tion.