12840. Adulteration of cookies.    U. S. v. 148 Cases    *    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 24501.
Sample Nos. 13204-K, 13205-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 22, 1948, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 5, 1948, by Town Talk Industries, from 
Phoenixville, Pa.
PRODUCT: 148 cases, each containing 48 4-ounce packages, of cookies at Cleve- 
land, Ohio.
LABEL IN PART : "Mrs. Hubbell's American Lady Vanilla Cream [or "Choco- 
late"] Cookies."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION :   April 29, 1948.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.