H533. Adulteration of macaroni and noodle products.   U. S. v. 21 Cases, etc.
(and 2 other seizure actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 24574, 24581, 24601.
Sample Nos.  24560-K to 24562-K,  inch, 25086-K to  25088-K,  inch,
26171-K,26172-K.)
LIBELS FILED:    On or about March 25 and April 1 and 2G, 1948, District of North
Dakota, Western District of Wisconsin, and Western District of Missouri. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 2, 3, and 4,1948, by the Quality Macaroni 
Co., from St. Paul, Minn.
DUCT: 181 cases, each containing 24 2-pound packages, and 33 5-pound 
boxes, of macaroni; 10 10-pound boxes, 68 5-pound boxes, and 67 cases, each 
containing 24 2-pound packages, of spaghetti; and 7 eases, each containing 12 
1-Pound packages, of noodles, at Fargo, N. Dak., Sheldon, Wis., and Joplin, Mo. 
CEL, IN PART: "Our Family * * * Macaroni [or "Spaghetti"]," "Q-M-C 
Brand Elbow Macaroni [or "Spaghetti"]," "Quality Brand Fancy Egg Noodles," 
or "Hollywood Brand Macaroni [or "Spaghetti"]."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3). the articles consisted in 
whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect frag- 
ments and rodent hair fragments: and. Section 402 (a) (4), they had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION : May 10 and 25 and during June 1948. The interveners in the 
North Dakota ease having consented to the entry of a decree, and no claimant 
having appeared in the other cases, judgments of condemnation were entered. 
The Wisconsin lot of the product was ordered sold or disposed of for purposes 
other than for human consumption, and the other lots of the product were 
ordered destroyed.