8874. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.    IT. S. v. 56 Cheddar Cheeses and 1 Daisy
of Cheddar Cheese. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered 
released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 15736. Sample Nos. 542-H to 545-H, incl., 
736-H to 738-H, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 24,1945, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   Between the approximate dates of September 23, 1943,
and August 16,1944, from Walnut, Olive Branch, Columbus, and Corinth, Miss.;
Scottsboro, Ala.; and Nashville and Columbia, Tenn.
PRODUCT: 56 Cheddar cheeses, weighing about 70 pounds each, and 1 daisy of 
Cheddar cheese, weighing about 21% pounds, at Atlanta, Ga., in the possession 
of the Atlantic Co. Cold Storage. The product was stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. All lots were gnawed by rodents, and rodent 
excreta was found on the surface of the cheeses and in the holes gnawed by 
the rodents. Rodent nests containing dead rats were found in portions of the 
product.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had 
been stored under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
fc.    nated with filth.
*See also No. 8859.
the material allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond for the segregation and 
disposal of the unfit portion for use as animal feed or industrial fats, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.