8644. Adulteration of Oregano '(spice) and adulteration and misbranding of imi¬
tation were pepper. U. S. v. Hugh C. Donnell (Golden Light Coffee Co.) 
Plea of guilty. Fine, $600. (F. D. C. No. 16502. Sample Nos. 26039-H, 
26044-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : September 7,1945, Northern District of Texas, against Hugh 
C. Donnell, trading as the Golden Light Coffee Co., at Amarillo, Tex.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about February 21 and 26, 1945, from the State of 
Texas into the State of New Mexico.
LABEL, IN PART: "Golden Light Spices * * * Oregano," or "Imit. White 
Pepper   Golden Light Spices."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments, rodent hairs, and a feather barbule in the Oregano, and a mouse 
pellet with rodent hairs attached in the imitation white pepper; and, Section 
402 (a) (*4), the* products had been prepared, packed, and held under insanitary 
conditions whereby they might have become contaminated with filth.
Misbranding, Section 403 (i) (2), the imitation white pepper was fabricated 
from two or more ingredients and its label failed to bear the common or usual 
name of each such ingredient.
DISPOSITION: October 15, 1945. A plea of guilty having been entered, the 
defendant was fined $600.