13217. Adulteration of bakery products.    U. S. v. Columbia Baking Co.   Plea of
guilty.   Fine, $800.    (F. D. C. No. 22043.   Sample Nos. 90217-H to 90222-H, 
incl., 90232-H to 90234-H, incl., 90236-H, 90238-H, 90239-H.)
INFORMATION FILED:    June 2, 1947, Western District of Virginia, against the
Columbia Baking Co., a corporation. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about December 3, 4, 7, and 10, 1946, from the State
of Virginia into the State of West Virginia.
LABEL, IN PART: "Fruit Cake [or "Southern * * * Bread," or "Southern 
*  *   *   Dinner Rolls"] Columbia Baking Co., Atlanta, Ga."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect fragments, 
mites, rodent hair fragments, insect larvae, adult and larval insect heads, 
larval cast skin, a larval head capsule, a psocid, a scale insect, and feather 
fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been prepared and packed 
under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with 
filth.
DISPOSITION : October 27, 1947. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $100 on each of the 8 counts.