9217. Adulteration of cookies.     U.  S. v. Arthur P.  Surprise   (Kay  Cookie  Co.).
Plea of nolo contendere.    Fine, $1,000.    (F. D. C. No. 16512.    Sample Nos. 
62835-F to 62837-F, Inel., 21853-H, 21854-H, 21856-H, 21857-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : December 11,1945, Western District of Tennessee, against 
Arthur P. Surprise, trading as the Kay Cookie Co., Memphis, Tenn.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 17, 1944, and May 4, 1945, from the 
State of Tennessee into the State of Mississippi.
LABEL IN PART :    "Kay's Cookies," or "Kay's Vanilla Wafers."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent hairs, 
hair fragments resembling rodent hairs, insect fragments, feather fragments, 
cat and other hairs, and insects; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared 
and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 13, 1946. The defendant having entered a plea of nolo 
contendere, the court imposed fines of $500 on count 1 and $250 on each of the 
remaining 2 counts.