12838. Adulteration of cookies.    U.  S. v. United Biscuit Company of America
(Keebler-Weyl Baking Company, Division of United Biscuit Company of 
America), and John Y. Huber, Jr., and John C. Baxter. Pleas of nolo 
contendere by corporation and not guilty by individuals. Corporation 
fined $5,000; individuals found not guilty. (F. D. C. No. 23593. Sample 
Nos. 4692-H, 4699-H, 7192-H, 7193-H, 90850-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: November 21, 1947, against United Biscuit Company of 
America, trading as the Keebler-Weyl Baking Company, Division of United 
Biscuit Company of America, at Philadelphia, Pa., and John Y. Huber, Jr., 
vice-president, and John C. Baxter, plant superintendent.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 23 and May 5 and 7, 1947, from the 
State of Pennsylvania into the States of Delaware, Connecticut, and New 
Jersey.
LABEL IN PART : "Black Walnut Cookies [or "Cheese Wafers," "Saltines," or 
"Butter Flavored   Thins"] by Keebler."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 22, 1947. Pleas of not guilty having been entered on 
behalf of the individuals, and a plea of nolo contendere having been entered 
on behalf of the corporation, the court fined the corporation $5,000 and found 
the individuals not guilty.