111.55. Adulteration of brewers barley and brewers grits. U. S. v. Atlantic Co,
Plea of nolo contendere, Fine, $200, (F. D. C. No. 20138. Sample Nos.
1212-H, 2359-H, 2360-H.)
LIBEL FILED: July 11, 1946, Eastern District of Virginia, against the Atlantic
Co., a corporation, Norfolk, Va.
ALLEGED VIOLATION: During the· period from on or about July 28 to September
25, 1945, the defendant held in interstate commerce at Norfolk, Va., 225 100-
pound bags of brewers barley and 600 100-pound bags of brewers grits at its
plant where the products were accessible to insects and were thereby subject
to insect-infestation. Examination of samples disclosed that the barley and
*See also No. 11166.
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grits were contaminated with insect ~x~reta and were insecHnfested. The
barley llad been sb.ipp_ed to the defendant OIi. or about July 28, l,945, and the
grits on or about September 6, 1945, from Manitowoc, Wis., and Mount Ve~non,
Ind., respectively. · , - ·
NATt:.T.RE oE CHARGE; Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted in
whole or. in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of we~vils,· ants,
flour beetles, grain beetles, an Indian meal moth, insect larvae and. pu:pae,
and insect webbing and cast skins; and, Section 402 (a) ( 4), they had been
held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated
· with filth. . .·
DIS-POSITION: July 29, 1946. A plea of nolo contendere having b~en entered on
behalf of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $100 on each count, a total ·
fine of $200.