7948. Adulteration of cake and bread.    U.  S. v.  Southern Baking  Corporation.
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $1,500 and costs; firm placed on 6 
months' probation. (F. D. C. No. 12538. Sample Nos. 79411-F, 79412-F, 
79415-F, 79417-F.)
INDICTMENT RETURNED: June 24, 1944, Southern District of West Virginia, 
against the Southern Baking Corporation, Bluefield, W. Va.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 4 and 7, 1944, from the State of West 
Virginia into the State of Virginia.
LABEL IN PART: "Dainty Maid Cake 150 [or "54"]," or "Southern Pride 
Enriched Bread."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products con- 
sisted in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments, hair fragments resembling rodent hairs, insect larvae, a rodent 
hair, and a larva cast skin; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been prepared, 
packed, and held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 26, 1944. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered 
on behalf of the defendant, a fine of $500 on count 1 and fines of $1,000 on 
each of the other 2 counts, together with costs, were imposed. The fines on 
counts 2 and 3 were suspended and the defendant was placed on 6 months' 
probation. On February 1, 1945, the defendant having failed to comply satis- 
factorily by that date with the provisions of the law, the suspension of judg- 
ment on count 2 was set aside and the fine of $1,000 was reinstated.   On the
same date and in view of the fact that certain improvements had been made 
in the condition of the defendant's plant, the fine on the third count was 
dismissed.