16601. Adulteration of cookies.   U. S. v. Arthur J. Frank (Frank Cookie Co.)
and Herschell B. Frank. Pleas of nolo contendere. Each individual 
defendant fined $100. (F. D. C. No. 29167. Sample Nos. 52898-K, 
63881-K to 63883-K, incl.)
Arthur J. Frank, trading as the Frank Cookie Co., and Herschell B. Frank, 
Nashville, Tenn.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of October 19 and No- 
vember 23, 1949, from the State of Tennessee into the States of Indiana and 
Georgia.
LABEL IN PART: (Portion) "Frank's Vanilla Wafers" and "Frank's Coco- 
nut Cookies."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect fragments 
and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been pre- 
pared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : October 18, 1950. Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered, 
the court fined each defendant $100.