10929. Adulteration of popcorn.    U. S. v. Wernimont Grain Co. and Joe WerniŽ
mont.    Pleas of guilty.    Partnership fined $400 and costs.     (F. D. C. No.
19519.    Sample Nos. 13097-H, 32059-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : April 3, 1946, Northern District of Iowa, against the Wer- 
nimont Grain Co., a partnership, Auburn, Iowa, and Joe Wernimont, a partner.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 2 and July 9, 1945, from the State of 
Iowa into the States of Ohio and California.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
pellets, rodent-gnawed kernels, rodent hairs, and insect fragments, and (por- 
tion) of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of moldy and de- 
composed kernels.
DISPOSITION : May 7,1946. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the partnership 
was fined $400 and costs.   No fine was imposed against the individual.