14168. Adulteration of hot chocolate powder.    U. S. v. 23 Cases    *    *    *.
(F. D. C. No. 26202.    Sample No. 42001-K.) 
LIBEL FILED:    December 16, 1948, Northern District of Illinois. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 18, 1948, by the Wright & Wagner
Dairy Co., from Beloit, Wis. 
PRODUCT:   23 cases, each containing 24   Va-pound cans, of hot chocolate powder
at Chicago, III.
LABEL IN PART:    "Chox For Making Hot Chocolate."
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 insect 
fragments and rodent hairs, and the fact that it was made in part from 
filthy chocolate.
DISPOSITION : February 15, 1949. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.
DAIRY PRODUCTS * 
BUTTER
The following cases report actions involving butter that consisted In whole or 
in part of filthy or decomposed substances, Nos. 14169 to 14180; that wa- 
below the legal standard for milk fat content, Nos. 14179 to 14187; that was 
short of the declared weight, No. 14188; and that was alleged to be of lower 
quality than labeled, Nos. 14189 and 14190.