12663. Adulteration of American cheese.    U. S. v. Sanitary Dairy Products Co.,
George T. Conati, and Frank M. Conati.     Pleas of guilty.     Total fines, 
$2,000.    Individual defendants placed on 2 years' probation.    (F. D. C.
No. 23313.    Sample Nos. 63014-H, 63016-H, 68009-H, 68010-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : August 7,1947, District of Minnesota, against the Sanitary 
Dairy Products Co., a partnership, Crookston, Minn., and George T. Conati and 
Frank M. Conati, partners.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 4 and December 14, 1946, from the 
State of Minnesota into the States of Nebraska and California.
LABEL IN PART:    (Portion) "Longhorns   Armour's Cloverbloom."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments, 
rodent hair fragments, feather fragments, and a mite; and (portion), Section 
402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may 
have become contaminated with filth.
ship was fined $500 and each individual was fined $750. The defendants were 
placed on 2 years' probation.