13090. Adulteration of cheese.    TJ. S. v. 86 Pounds     *    *     *     (and 9 other seizure
actions). (F. D. C. Nos. 23444, 23744 to 23746, incl., 23771, 23781, 23988, 
24015, 24185, 24188. Sample Nos. 66353-H, 84887-H, 84892-H, 87689-H, 
99972-H, 4167-K, 7001-K, 7060-K, 12228-K, 12229-K, 13031-K, 13032-K.)
LIBELS FILED : Between September 4 and December 16, 1947, Western, Eastern, 
and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, Northern District of Ohio, and District of 
Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of July 9 and November 
18,1947, by the Empire State Cheese Co., from Olean, N. T.
PRODUCT:    7,291% pounds of cheese and 110 pounds of grated cheese in various
lots at Erie, Old Forge, Susquehanna, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, and Philadelphia,
Pa.; Ashtabula and Youngstown, Ohio; and Boston, Mass. 
LABEL IN PART :    (Portions) "Emscco Cheese   *   *   *   Romano [or "Grated"],"
"Emscco    Cheese   Pepato,"  "Emscco    *    *    *    Ricotta-Secca," or "Emscco
Cheese."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of cheese mites 
and, in some of the lots, insect fragments and rodent hair fragments; Section 
402 (a) (4), (portion of product) it had been prepared and held under in- 
sanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth; and, 
Section 402 (a) (2), (Wilkes-Barre lot) it contained an added poisonous and 
deleterious substance, hydrocyanic acid, which is unsafe within the meaning 
of the law, since it is a substance not required in the production of the food 
and could have been avoided by good manufacturing practice.
DISPOSITION : Between December 24, 1947, and April 19, 1948. Default decrees 
of condemnation and destruction.