10978. Adulteration of grated cheese.    U. S; v. 49 Cartons    *    *    *    and 4 other
seizure actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 19754, 19755, 19770, 19811, 19956.    Sample 
Nos. 8491-H, 8909-H, 12671-H, 57030-H, 59656-H.)
LIBELS FILED: Between the dates of May 2 and May 28, 1946, Districts of 
Massachusetts and Connecticut and Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of March 19 and April 
18,1946, by the Empire State Cheese Co., from Olean, N. Y.
PRODUCT: Grated cheese. 650 pounds at Boston, Mass., 1,430 pounds at New 
Haven, Conn., and approximately 550 pounds at Youngstown, Ohio.
LABEL IN PART: (Portions) "Esceo Cheese Empire State Cheese Co. 
* * * Olean, N. Y. * * *," or "Temptation Brand Prima Gualita Ri- 
cotta Salata."
NAT-ORE 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 
hair fragments, rodent excreta, insects, insect excreta, mites, and nondescript 
dirt; and (all cheese, except 1,350 pounds at New Haven), Section 402 (a) 
(4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have 
become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : May 31, June 22 and 24, and September 20, 1946. No claimant 
having appeared, judgments of condemnation: were entered and 1,350 pounds of 
the product at New Haven was ordered delivered to a rendering plant for sal- 
vage of the fat for nonedible purposes, and the remainder of the product was 
ordered destroyed.