17708. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese. U. S. v. Raymond H. Ruhland (Seneca Cheese Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine of $600, plus costs. (F. D. C. No. 30596. Sample Nos. 42095-K, 42099-K, 60385-K.) ?See also No. 17713. 17701-17750] NOTICES OF JUDGMENT 351 in the business of shipping cheese in interstate commerce, at Dixon, Ill., a guaranty to the effect that all cheese comprising each shipment or delivery made by the defendant to the holder of the guaranty would not be adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the law. On or about May 11, September 12, and October 2, 1950, the defendant de- livered under the guaranty various quantities of cheese which were adul- terated. 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, rodent hairs, cat hairs, manure fragments, and fly eggs, and by reason of the use of filth-contaminated milk in its preparation. DISPOSITION : October 17,1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court fined the defendant $600, plus costs.