17354. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.   U. S. v. Charles F. Umland (Colfax
Cheese Co.).  Plea of guilty.   Fine, $300.   (F. D. C. No. 30595.   Sample 
Nos. 58944-K, 83745-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : May 10,1951, Southern District of Illinois, against Charles 
F. Umland, trading as the Colfax Cheese Co., Colfax, Ill.
ALLEGED VIOLATION: On or about November 21, 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 no cheese shipped or delivered by 
the defendant to the holder of the guaranty would be adulterated or misbranded 
within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
On or about November 6 and December 1, 1950, the defendant sold and de- 
livered under the guaranty, at Chicago, Ill., a number of boxes of cheese that 
was adulterated.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent hair fragments, 
insect fragments, and manure fragments, and by reason of the use of filth- 
contaminated milk in the preparation of the product
DISPOSITION : May 21, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $300.