12619. Adulteration of cookies.   U. S. v. 60 Cases    *    *    *     (and 1 other seizure
action).    (F. D. C. Nos. 23792, 23884.   Sample Nos, 206-K, 26325-K, 26326-K.)
LIBELS FILED: October 3 and November 3, 1947, Eastern District of Missouri 
and Western District of South Carolina.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 6 and 11, 1947, by the Deer Park 
Baking Co., Inc., from Springfield, Ill.
PRODUCT; Cookies. 22 eases, each containing 24 10-ounce packages, and 38 
cases, each containing 24 8-ounce packages, at St. Louis, Mo., and 44 boxes, 
each containing 24   1-ounce cellophane packages, at Clemson, S. C.
LABEL IN PART: "Deer Park Sandwich Cookies ["Chocolate Chip"]," or "Nods 
of Club Assortment."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of larvae, 
rodent hair fragments, and insect fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.