15609. Adulteration of pastry flour and corn meal.   U. S. v. Millstadt Milling
Co.   Plea of nolo contendere.   Fine of $1,000, plus costs.   (F. D. C.
No. 24548.    Sample Nos. 26062-K, 26462-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : April 19, 1948, Eastern District of Illinois, against the 
Millstadt Milling Co., a corporation, Millstadt, Ill.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 13 and December 5,1947, from the 
State of Illinois into the State of Missouri.
LABEL IN PART: "Bridal Blossom Cake Flour" and "Baltz's Best Cream 
Meal,"
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insects and insect 
parts, in the flour, and insects, insect fragments, a rodent excreta fragment, 
and a rodent hair fragment, in the corn meal; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the 
products had been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby 
they may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : December 13, 1949. A plea of nolo contendere having been 
entered, the court imposed a fine of $1,000, together with costs.