5176. Adulteration of  cheese.     TJ.   S.   v.   222  Romano   Cheeses   and  37   Sbrinz
Cheeses.   Decree of condemnation.   Product ordered, released under bond 
for reconditioning.    (F. D. q. No. 9935.   Sample No. 10914-F.)
This product was stored under extremely filthy conditions. Numerous rodent 
pellets were found on the shelves on which the cheese was stored, it had been 
gnawed by rodents, and rodent pellets and hairs resembling rodent hairs were 
found on the surface of the cheese.  
On May 13,1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Cali- 
fornia filed a libel against 222 Romano cheeses and 37 Sbrinz cheeses at San 
Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in foreign commerce 
from Argentina, South America, by A. Giuriani & Bros., a corporation, of San 
Francisco, Calif., on or about February 19, 1943; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances, and in 
that it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
On June 1, 1943, A Giuriani & Bros, having appeared as claimant, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under, bond 
for reconditioning under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. 
The product was reconditioned by scraping and trimming off all rodent-damaged 
cheese, and denaturing the rejected portion.