10971. Adulteration of cheese.    U. S. v. Arno Struve and R. R. Struve  (Strove
Cheese Factory).   Pleas of guilty.   Fine of $250 against each defendant.
(F. D. C. No. 19511.    Sample Nos. 26171-H, 26172-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: November 25, 1946, Northern District of Texas, against 
Arno Struve and R. R. Struve, trading as Struve Cheese Factory, Abernathy, 
Tex.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : On or about April 23, 1945, the defendants gave Swift & 
Co. a guaranty providing that any food shipped or delivered thereafter by the 
defendants to Swift & Co. would be neither adulterated nor misbranded within 
the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. On or about July 
30, 1945, the defendants sold and delivered a quantity of Cheddar cheese to 
Swift & Co., at Amarillo, Tex., a part of which product was shipped by the 
latter firm, from the State of Texas into the State of New Mexico.
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 insect frag- 
ments, hair of dermestid larvae, rodent hair, plant tissue, fibers, nondescript 
dirt, a whole cockroach, and a beetle; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared, packed, and held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have 
become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : November 25,1946. A plea of guilty having been entered by both 
defendants, the court imposed a fine of $250 against each.