11745. Adulteration of process cheese.   U. S. v. Blue Moon Foods, Inc., of Illinois,
and Herman F. Laabs. Pleas of guilty. Individual defendant fined 
$250; corporation fined $750 and costs. (F. D. C. No. 21523. Sample No. 
40369-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : January 17, 1947, Eastern District of Illinois, against the 
Blue Moon Foods, Inc., of Illinois, National Stock Yards, Ill., and Herman 
F. Laabs, vice president and general manager.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 20,1946, from the State of Illinois into the 
State of Missouri.
LABEL IN PART :   "Blue Moon   Pasteurized   Process Cheese."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of decomposed and 
moldy cheese, and of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments.
DISPOSITION : On or about August 8, 1947, pleas of guilty having been entered, 
the court imposed fines of $250 against the individual defendant and $750 and 
costs against the corporation.
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