15664. Adulteration of egg noodles and soup nuts.   U. S. v. Aperion Products
Co., a corporation, and Solomon B. Jacobson.  Pleas of nolo contendere. 
Corporation fined $100; individual defendant fined $50.    (F. D. C. No.
27512.    Sample Nos. 7968-K, 10178-K, 13311-K, 13312-K, 13330-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : December 8, 1949, District of Massachusetts, against the 
Aperion Products Co., Boston, Mass., and Solomon B. Jacobson, treasurer.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 4,15, and 17, and April 1,1949, from the 
State of Massachusetts into the States of Pennsylvania, New York, and New 
Jersey.
LABEL IN PART: "Aperion Egg Noodles [or "Soup Nuts"]." 
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of (all shipments) rodent 
hair fragments and (1 shipment of egg noodles) rodent fecal matter; and, 
Section 402 (a) (4), they had been prepared under insanitary conditions 
whereby they may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : January 5, 1950. Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered, 
the court fined the corporation $100 and the individual defendant $50.