16673. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese. U. S. v. Farmer City Cheese Co. Plea of guilty. Judgment against defendant in sum of $300 in lieu of fine and costs. (F. D. C. No. 26716. Sample No. 27339-K.) INFORMATION FILED: June 21, 1949, Southern District of Illinois, against the Farmer City Cheese Co., a partnership, Farmer City, Ill. ALLEGED VIOLATION: On or about December 2, 1947, the defendant gave to a firm engaged in the business of shipping cheese in interstate commerce at Chicago, Ill., a guaranty to the effect that all cheese sold or delivered to the holder of the guaranty would be neither adulterated nor misbranded under the law; and on or about October 26, 1948, the defendant sold and delivered under the guaranty, at Farmer City, Ill., a quantity of Cheddar cheese that was adulterated. in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments, rodent hair fragments, and plant fragments. DISPOSITION: October 31, 1950. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court entered judgment against the defendant in the sum of $300 in lieu of fine and costs. EGGS