20265. Adulteration of cheddar cheese.    U. S. v. Perryville Cheese Co., Inc.
Plea of guilty.   Fine, $500.   (F. D. C. No. 33S37.    Sample No. 53127-L.)
INFORMATION FILED: March 27, 1953, Eastern District of Missouri, against 
Perryville Cheese Co., Inc., Perryville, Mo.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 12, 1951, the defendant gave to a 
firm engaged in the business of shipping cheese in interstate commerce a guar- 
anty to the effect that cheese shipped or sold by it under the guaranty would 
not be adulterated. On or about June 26, 1952, the defendant caused to be 
shipped to the holder of the guaranty, at Clinton, Mo., a quantity of cheddar 
cheese which was adulterated.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of small insects, fly 
setae, manure fragments, insect fragments, dermestid larva hairs, cow hairs, 
and rodent hair fragments, and by reason of the use of filth-contaminated milk 
in the preparation of the article.
DISPOSITION: April 13, 1953. A plea of guilty having been entered by the 
defendant, the court fined it $500.
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