17952. Adulteration of flour.   U. S. v. Burlington Grocery Co.   Plea of guilty.
Fine, $500.    (F. D. C. No. 31104.    Sample No. 4805-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED: September 7, 1951, District of Vermont, against the Bur- 
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_ lington Grocery Co., a corporation, Burlington, Vt.
-ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about November 2,1950, from the State of New Tork
-  into the State of Vermont.
VIOLATION CHARGED:   During the period from on or about November 2, 1950,
to on or about February 15,4951, while the product was held by the defendant
for-sale after shipment in interstate commerce, the defendant caused the 
' product to be placed in a building that was accessible to rodents, to be exposed
to contamination by rodents, and to become contaminated with rodent urine,
rodent feces, and rodent hairs.
NAT-ORE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence in the food of rodent 
urine, rodent feces, and rodent hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : September 12, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the 
court imposed a fine of $500.