4127. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.   U. S. v. 48 Cheddar Cheeses.   Consent de¬
cree of condemnation.^ Product:ordered released under bond for denatur- 
ing for use as animal feed. (F. D; G. No. 7644. Sample Nos. 94554-EJ to 
94557-E,incl.)
This product contained metal fragments and miscellaneous dirt and one portion, 
in addition, contained rodent hairs. -: 
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On June 12, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 48 Cheddkr-cheeses at Valley City, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or 
about May 11 to on or about May 22,1942, by the Kahpka Cheese Co. from Kahpka, 
Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance, and in that it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On October 22, 1942, J. F. Steinmann, claimant, having consented to the entry 
of decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond conditioned that it be denatured under the supervision of
the Food and Drug Administration so that it could not be used for human 
consumption.
Nos. 4128 to 4138 report the seizure of cheese that contained one or more 
of various types of filth contamination such as insects, insect fragments, rodent 
hairs, cow hairs fragments, and miscellaneous filth.