10913. Adulteration of corn meal.    U. S. v. Meridian Grain & Elevator Co., Ltd.,
and Barnett L. Davis. Pleas of nolo contendere. Fines of $20O against 
company and $50 against individual. (F. D. C. No. 19551. Sample Nos. 
25146-H, 25213-H, 25214-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : August 14, 1946, Southern District of Mississippi, against 
the Meridian Grain & Elevator Co., Ltd., a partnership, Meridian, Miss., and 
Barnett L. Davis, a partner.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: November 26 and December 4, 1945, from the State of 
Mississippi into the State of Louisiana.
LABEL IN PART: "Top Quality Meal * * * Manufactured By The Russell 
Company Mills at Jackson - Meridian - Hattiesburg, Mississippi," or "Match- 
less Bolted Cream Meal * * * Manufactured by Meridian Grain & Eleva- 
tor Co.   Meridian, Miss."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent excreta frag- 
ments, rodent hairs, insect larvae, insect fragments, feather fragments, a mite, 
and a whole roach; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared and packed 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated With 
filth.
DISPOSITION : August 29,1946. Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered on 
behalf of both defendants, the court imposed fines of $200 against the partner- 
ship defendant and $50 against the individual defendant.