9009. Adulteration of bakery products.    U.  S. v. Athens Baking: Co.    Plea of
guilty. Fine, $500. (F. D. C. No. 15554. Sample Nos. 92808-F, 92809-F, 
92838-F, 92839-F.)
INFORMATION FILED: July 24, 1945, District of Columbia, against the Athens 
Baking Co., a partnership, Washington, D. C.   It was charged that the flefend-
?See also No. 9031.
the District of Columbia quantities of bread and rolls that were adulterated; 
and that, on or about August 15, 1944, the defendant introduced into the com- 
merce of the District of Columbia a quantity of rolls similarly adulterated.
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 larva head 
capsules, insect fragments, mites, an adult insect, rodent hair fragments, hair 
fragments resembling rodent hair fragments, and a feather fragment; and 
Section 402 (a) (4), they had been prepared under insanitary conditions 
whereby they may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: August 31, 1945. A plea of guilty having been entered, the de- 
fendant was fined $500.