5366. Adulteration of mincemeat.    V. S. v. Old Virginia Packing Co., Inc.   Plea 
. 7.of guilty.    Fine, $225.    (F. D. C. No. 9637.    Sample Nos. 24171-F, 24172-F,
368,43-F.)
This product contained rodent hairs and other hairs, insects, miscellaneous in- 
sect fragments, insect parts, and larvae: 
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On July.7,1943, the United States attorney for the Western District of Virgi- 
nia filed an information against the Old Virginia Packing Co., Inc., at Front 
Royal, Va., alleging^ shipment within the period from on or about November IB 
to December 17,1942, from the State of Virginia into the State of Maryland and 
the District of Columbia of a quantity of mincemeat that 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 may have become contam- 
inated with filth.. The article was labeled in part: "Virginia Royal Fancy Plain 
Mincemeat," "Major Brand Mincemeat,'? or "Old Virginia Extra Fancy Mince- 
meat Wine and Bum."
Qn October 25, 1943, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant, the court imposed a fine of $75 on each of the 3 counts contained in the 
information, or a total fine of $225.