18819. Adulteration of grated cheese.   U. S. v. Moss Food Products Corp.,
Murray E. Moss, and David Moss.   Plea of guilty by corporation and 
pleas of nolo contendere by individuals.   Corporation fined $450; sen- 
tence suspended against individual defendants.    (F. D. C. No. 31554. 
Sample Nos.  10346-L, 10347-L, 23711-L, 23955-L, 24146-L, 24147-L, 
24269-L, 24271-L, 24771-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED :    October 15,1951, District of New Jersey, against the Moss 
Food Products Corp., North Bergen, N. J.; Murray E. Moss, president; and 
David Moss, treasurer. 
ALLEGED VIOLATION :    Between the approximate dates of March 6 and April 25, 
1951, a quantity of grated cheese was shipped by the defendants from the State 
of New Jersey into the States of Michigan, Connecticut, New York, and Penn- 
sylvania.   In addition, on or about April 18, 1951, the defendants received at 
i North Bergen, N. J., a quantity of grated cheese which had been shipped in 
interstate commerce from Brooklyn, N. Y.   While the product was being held 
for sale after shipment in interstate commerce, the defendants, within the 
period from on or about April 18,1951, to on or about April 24, 1951, caused the 
food to be held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with rodent excreta and rodent hair fragments. 
LABEL, IN PART :    "Lee Brand   Grated   Blend of Italian Romano and Domestic 
Romano Style Cheese," "Royal Seal Brand   Grated   Blend of Italian Romano 
and Domestic Romano Style Cheese , *    *    *   Packed for Di Leo Bros., Water- 
bury, Conn.," "Lee Brand Grated Domestic Parmesan Style Cheese," "Grated 
Cheese   Romano Style," or "Lee Brand   Grated Cheese   Imported Argentine 
Parmesan Style With Domestic Italian Type."
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 
and rodent excreta; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : May 9,1952. A plea of guilty having been entered by the corpora- 
tion and pleas of nolo contendere by the individuals, the court imposed a fine of 
$450 against the corporation and suspended the sentence against the indi- 
vidual defendants.