11581. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.    IT. S. v. Merchants Creamery Co.  (Stan¬
ford Creamery Co.). Plea of guilty. Fines, $250 and costs on count 1 
and $1,000 on count 2; latter fine suspended. (F. D. C. No. 20969. Sam- 
ple Nos. 13346-H, 52538-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: November 11, 1946, Eastern District of Kentucky, against 
the Merchants Creamery Co., trading as the Stanford Creamery Co., Stanford, 
Ky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 30 and May 7, 1946, from the State of 
Kentucky into the State of Ohio.
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent hair fragments, 
feather barbules, hairs resembling rodent hairs, and dirt; and, Section 402 (a) 
(4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have 
become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : April 28, 1947. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $250 and costs on count 1 and 
$1,000 on count 2. The $1,000 fine was suspended, conditioned that the defend- 
ant corporation's plant be made sanitary immediately, and that the defendant 
cooperate with the Food and Drug Administration to avoid violations of the 
law for a period of 12 months.