10359. Adulteration and misbranding of enriched bread and honey cracked wheat
bread.   IT. S. v. Jessee Baking: Co.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $2,000.    (F. D. C.
No. 21503.   Sample Nos. 48236-H, 48238-H.)
LIBEL FILED : January 10, 1947, District of Colorado, against the Jessee Baking 
Co., a corporation, Sterling, Colo.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 19, 1946, from the State of Colorado into 
the State of Nebraska.
LABEL IN PART :   "Jessee's   If It's Jessees It's Good Bread  Enriched," or "Mrs.
* Jessee's   Honey   Cracked Wheat."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted in 
part of filthy substances by reason of the presence, in the enriched bread, of 
a rodent hair, plant tissue, and carbonaceous material, and, in the "Honey 
Cracked "Wheat Bread," of insect parts and insect fragments; and, Section 402 
(a) (4), the articles had been prepared, packed, and held under insanitary con- 
ditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth.
Misbranding, Section 403 (f), certain information required by law to appear 
on the label was not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness as 
to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under 
customary conditions of purchase and use. The name and place of business of 
the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, an accurate statement of the quantity 
of the contents, and the common or usual name of each ingredient of the ar- 
ticle were printed indistinctly in small type on the labels of the "Honey Cracked 
Wheat Bread." The information prescribed by the regulations as necessary in 
order fully to inform purchasers as to the value of the article for special dietary 
uses was printed indistinctly and in small type on the labels of the enriehed 
bread.
Further misbranding, Section 403 (k), the enriched bread contained a 
chemical preservative, sodium propionate, and failed to bear labeling stating 
that fact; and, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Honey Cracked "Wheat" 
was false and misleading since the bread so labeled actually contained no 
honey.
DISPOSITION : January 14,1947. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $500 on each count, a total fine of 
$2,000.