11582. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.    U. S. v. Mountain States Creamery Co.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100.    (F. D. C. No. 21536.    Sample Nos. 43852-H, 
43980-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : January 16, 1947, District of Utah, against the Mountain 
States Creamery Co., a corporation, Salt Lake City and Myton, Utah.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 6 and July 31, 1946, from the State of
Utah into the State of California. 
LABEL IN PART : (Portion) "Whole Milk Cheddar Cheese, Pasteurized." 
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect parts, rodent hair, 
feather barbules, an insect hair resembling hair of the dermestid larva, and an 
insect fragment; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared, packed, and 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 14, 1947. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $100.