16609. Adulteration of cereal products.   U. S. v. Ararat Co., Inc., and Sarkis G.
Sarkisian, Pleas of guilty. Corporation fined $200 and individual de- 
fendant $50. (F. D. C. No. 29139. Sample Nos. 57506-K, 57508-K, 
57511-K, 64097-K, 64098-K.)
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Co., Inc., a corporation, Cambridge, Mass., and Sarkis G. Sarkisian, president 
and treasurer of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 31 and November 1 and 2, 1949, from 
the State of Massachusetts into the States of New York and Minnesota.
LABEL IN PART : (Portion) "Ararat * * * Wheat Cereal [or "Whole Wheat 
Cereal"]."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted in 
part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of fragments of rodent 
excreta, rodent hair fragments, and insect fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
they had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have 
become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : October 17, 1950. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court 
fined the corporation $200 and the individual defendant $50.