15620. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.   U. S. v. Approximately 40,213 Pounds
*    *    *,    (F.D.C. No. 27987.    Sample No. 56982-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   September 22,1949, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 3, 1949, by the Hygrade Food Prod- 
ucts Corp., from Manchester, Iowa.
PRODUCT:   Approximately 40,213 pounds of Cheddar cheese at Harrison, N. J.
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 insects, 
fragments of cockroaches, flies and other insects, mites, feather fragments, 
manure, rust, soil, plant material, mold, metal, and wood particles; and, 
Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby 
it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION :    January 30, 1950.   The Hygrade Food Products Corp., claimant,
y having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
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entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond to be 
used in the manufacture of dog food, under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.