14446. Adulteration of canned strained apricots with farina.   U. S. v. 798 Cases
*    *    *    (and 2 other seizure actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 25703. 25704, 
25S61.   Sample Nos. 23128-K, 30141-K, 37924-K.)
LIBELS FILED : October 15,19, and 20, 1948, Northern District of Texas, Western 
District of Washington, and District of Arizona.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 20,22, and 24,1948, by the Gerber Products 
Co., from Fruitvale and Oakland, Calif.
PRODUCT: 798 cases, each containing 48 4%-ounce cans, of strained apricots 
with farina at Dallas, Tex.
LABEL IN PART :    "Gerber's Strained Apricots With Farina."
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 (in 2 lots) of 
insect fragments and rodent hair fragments and by reason of the use (in 1 lot) 
of insect-infested farina: and, Section 402 (a) (4). the product had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contam- 
inated with filth.
DISPOSITION : December 7 and 27, 1948, and January 14, 1949. Default decrees 
of condemnation and destruction.
VEGETABLES AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS