19714. Adulteration and misbranding of process cheese.   U. S. v. Todd Cheese
Products, Inc., and John S. Todd. Pleas of guilty. Each defendant fined 
$60 and costs. (F. D. C. No. 34307. Sample Nos. 16423-L, 34145-L, 
34238-L.)
INFORMATION FILED : February 20,1953, District of Kansas, against Todd Cheese 
Products, Inc., Girard, Kans., and John S. Todd, president and treasurer.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 11, 1952, from the State of Kansas 
into the State of Missouri.
LABEL IN PART : "Jayhawk Brand Pasteurized Process Cheese American" 
or "Spring River Brand Pasteurized Process American Cheese Distrib- 
uted by Carthage Creamery Co.   Carthage, Mo."
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, 
" soil, sand, metal particles, plant and cloth fibers, and wood splinters; Section 
402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may 
have become contaminated with filth; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a product con- 
taining more than 40 percent of moisture and containing in its solids less than 
50 percent milk fat had been substituted for pasteurized process American 
cheese.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the product failed to conform to the 
definition and standard of identity for pasteurized process American cheese 
since it contained more than 40 percent of moisture and its solids contained 
less than 50 percent of milk fat.
DISPOSITION: April 13, 1953. The defendants having entered pleas of guilty, 
the court fined each defendant $60, together with costs.
FISH AND SHELLFISH