5270. Adulteration of corn meal.    IT. S. v. P. P. Williams Co.    Plea of nolo con- 
.   tendere.    Pine,  $500.     (F.  I>.   C.  No.   9647.    Sample Nos.  886'6-F,   8867-F,
9108-F, 9109-.F, 9766-F.)
Samples of this product were found to contain one or more of the following 
types of filth: insect fragments, rodent excreta, rodent excreta, fragments, rodent 
hairs, insect excreta fragments, insect larvae, and dirt particles.
On June 19, 1943, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Mississippi filed an information against the PVP. Williams Co., a corporation, at 
Vicksburg, Miss., alleging shipment within the period from on or about December 
17, 1942, to January 15, 1943, from the State of Mississippi into the States of 
Alabama and ^Louisiana of a quantity of corn meal that was adulterated in that 
it consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances, and in that it had been pre- 
pared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become' contaminated 
with filth. The" article was labeled in part: "Red Wing Home Ground Corn Meal 
Manufactured by Hill City Flour Co.   Vicksburg, Miss," or "Yellow Corn Meal
* *   *   Dubon Co.   New OrlKans." 
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On November 17, 1943, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant corporation, the court imposed a fine of $100 on each of the 5 
counts contained in the information, or a total fine of $500.