5262. Adulteration of macaroni and spaghetti,    U. S, v. 17 Boxes of Macaroni and
16 Boxes of Spaghetti.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 10220.    Sample No. 45974-F.)
On July 9,1943, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland filed 
a libel against 17 boxes of elbow macaroni and 16 boxes of spaghetti at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about June 3,1943, by National Foods, Inc., from Reynoldsville, Pa,; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy sub- 
stance, beetles. The article was labeled in part: "Chef Ixxrenzo's * * * 
Elbow Macaroni [or "Spaghetti"]." .
On August 12,. 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.