15166. Adulteration of bread and rolls.   U. S. v. Gold Medal Baking Co., Inc.,
and Leonard B. Lipkin. Pleas of nolo contendere. Corporation fined 
$1,000; individual defendant fined $400. (F. D. C. No. 26740. Sample 
Nos. 13074-K to 13076-K, incl.)
INFORMATION FILED : October 11,1949, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against 
Gold Medal Baking Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., and Leonard B. Lipkin, vice 
president.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : The defendants were charged with giving a false guaranty 
on or about October 7, 1944, to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company of
Philadelphia, Pa. The guaranty provided that foods shipped or delivered by 
the defendant to the latter firm would be neither adulterated nor misbranded 
within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
On or about May 6, 1949, the defendant sold and delivered under the 
guaranty a number of loaves of bread and a number of rolls, which were 
adulterated; and subsequently The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company 
shipped the bread and rolls, so delivered and guarantied by the defendant, 
from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey.
LABEL IN PART :   "Gold Medal Baking Company."
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 frag- 
ments, and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: November 16, 1949. Pleas of nolo contendere having been en- 
tered, the corporation was fined $1,000 and the individual defendant was 
fined $400.