7938. Adulteration of bread.    U.  S. v.  Safeway Stores, Inc.    Plea of nolo con¬
tendere.    Fine, $500.     (F. D. C. No. 14274.    Sample Nos. 68951-F, 69168-F, 
69170-F, 69171-F, 69175-F. 69179-F.)
INFORMATION FILED: February 21, 1945, District of Colorado, against the Safe- 
way Stores, Inc., Denver, Colo.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of May 18 and July 7,1944, 
from the State of Colorado into the States of New Mexico, Nebraska, and 
Wyoming.
LABEL IN PART: "Julia Lee Wright's Sliced White [or "Cracked Wheat 
Bread," or "Rye Bread"]."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
hairs, a hair resembling a rodent hair, rodent hair fragments, a hair fragment 
similar to a rodent hair, a whole insect, insect fragments, and nondescript 
dirt; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared and packed under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: March 10, 1945. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered 
on behalf of the defendant, a fine of $100 on each count, a total of $500, was 
imposed.