17951. Adulteration of bread.   U. S. v. Pfaff Baking Co., and George E. Mendon.
Pleas of guilty. Corporation fined $150, plus costs; individual defendant 
fined $10. (F. D. C. No. 31075. Sample Nos. 91193-K, 91194-K, 
91196-K.)
Baking Co., a corporation, Mason City, Iowa, and George E. Mendon, plant 
manager.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 11 and 12, 1950, from the State of 
Iowa into the State of Minnesota.
LABEL IN PART : "Pfaff's Betsy Ross * * * Wheat Bread," "Aunt Hattie 
Old-Fashioned Loaf," and "Pfaff's   Old Fashioned Potato Bread."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments 
and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth.
DISPOSITION : June 20, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the corporation to all 3 counts of the information and a plea of guilty 
having been entered by the individual defendant to the first count, the cor- 
poration was fined $150, plus costs and the individual defendant was fined 
$10 on the first count. The remaining 2 counts against the individual were 
dismissed.
FLOUR
Nos. 17952 to 17955 report actions involving flour that was insect- or 
rodent-infested, or both. The flour reported in No. 17956 failed to meet the 
standard for enriched flour.