12066. Adulteration of Swiss cheese.    tJ. S. v. Upper Star Valley Swiss Cheese
Association, Riley Hoopes, and Frank Brog. Pleas of guilty. Associa- 
tion fined $20$ each individual fined $10. (F. D. C. No. 22070. Sample 
Nos. 43855-H, 44337-H.)
Valley Swiss Cheese Association, a corporation, Afton, Wyo., and Riley Hoopes, 
president, and Frank Brog, plant manager.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 17 and 24,1946, from the State of Wyo- 
ming into the State of California.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted jn 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent excreta pellets, 
rodent hairs, mites, an insect antenna, and nondescript dirt; and, Section 402 
(a) (4),.it had been prepared, packed, and held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : June 9, 1947. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court im- 
posed a fine of $10 on each of the two counts of the information against the 
association, and a fine of $5 on each of the two counts against each individual.