9887. Adulteration of whey cheese. TJ. S. v. Mannino Cheese Co., and Marco Mannino and Joseph S. Mannino. Pleas of guilty. Fine, $300 on count 1 ($100 against each defendant) ; imposition of sentence suspended on remaining count, and individual defendants placed on probation for 2 years. (F. D. C. No. 16612. Sample Nos. 7701-H, 7702-H.) the Mannino Cheese Co., a partnership, and Marco Mannino and Joseph S. Mannino, partners. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 25 and June 4, 1945, from Potter Brook, Pa., to Brooklyn, N. Y. ' 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 paint and dirt fragments, insects and insect fragments, rodent hair fragments, human and cat hairs, unidentified animal hair, wood splinters, pebbles, plant and brush fibers, mold, rust, soot and coal fragments, and sand; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. DISPOSITION: May 5, 1946. Pleas of guilty having been entered, each of the three defendants was fined $100 on count 1. Imposition of sentence was sus- pended on count 2, and the individual^ defendants were placed on probation for 2 years. s