13516. Adulteration   and misbranding of   bread.    V.   S.   v.   Mel's   Cookie   Co.
(Meyer's Bakery of Texarkana), and Dayton E. Shermer. Sr.    Pleas of 
nolo contendere.    Joint fine of $200?   suspension of additional fine of i 
$500.    (F. D. C. No. 24535.    Sample Nos. 22608-K, 22610-K.) 
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INFORMATION FILED: April 20, 1948, Eastern District of Texas, against Mel's3 
Cookie Co., a corporation, trading as Meyer's Bakery of Texarkana, at-f 
Texarkana, Tex., and Dayton E. Shermer, Sr., president. 
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ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about October 21 and 22, 1947, from the State of | 
Texas into the State of Arkansas. 
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LABEL IN PART :    "Meyer's Fresh Bread." 
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NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted'! 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, insect 1 
fragments, and rodent hair fragments: and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had ^ 
been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have.j 
become contaminated with filth. 
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Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "One half pound of this J 
bread supplies you with at least the following amounts or percentages ofcj 
your minimum daily requirements for these essential food substances: Thiamin 
mine (Vitamin Bi) 55%; Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) 17.5%; Niacin (another*! 
'B' Vitamin) 5 milligrams" were false and misleading since one-half pound i 
of the article contained less than 55 percent of the minimum daily require- J 
Rent for thiamine (vitamin Bi), less than 17.5 percent of the minimum daily,| 
requirement for riboflavin (vitamin B2), and less than 5 milligrams of niacin,"*
DISPOSITION :   June 17,1948.   Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered, the, 
defendants were jointly fined  $200 on  counts 1  and 2.    In  addition, there 
defendants were fined $500 on counts 3 and 4, which fine was suspended on 
condition that an attempt be made in good faith to comply with the law.