10977. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.   U. S. v. 96 Boxes    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
19690.    Sample No. 8765-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 22, 1946, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about March 12, 1946, by Schmitt Brothers and 
Walther, from Platteville, Wis.
PRODUCT:   96   75-pound boxes of Cheddar cheese at New York, 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 rodent 
excreta, rodent hairs, insect fragments, and manure fragments; and, Section
402 (a)   (4), it had been prepared under unsanitary conditions whereby it 
may have become contaminated with filth. 
DISPOSITION :   October 10, 1946.   No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.