10911. Adulteration of cookies, crackers, and cracker meal.    U. S. v. The Mary¬
land Biscuit Co., W. Tilghman Scott, and Andrew M. Gray.    Pleas of 
guilty.    Fine of $200 and costs against each defendant.     (F. D. C. No.
19520. Sample Nos. 3190-H to 3194-H, incl., 4797-H, 41844-H to 41849-H, 
incl., 41855-H to 41857-H, incl.)
INFORMATION FILED : March 29, 1946, District of Maryland, against The Mary- 
land Biscuit Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., and W. Tilghman Scott, vice 
president, and Andrew M. Gray, plant superintendent, of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of February 22 and March 5. 
1946, from the State of Maryland into the State of Virginia, the District of 
Columbia, and the State of Delaware.
Crackers," "Ginger Snaps," "Cheese Flips," "Animal Satchels," "Medium Meal," 
or "Meadowbrook Delicious Tea Cookies"]," "Star Ginger Snaps," "Marbis 
Graham Crackers," or "Iced Fig Bars."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect frag- 
ments, rodent hair fragments, larva head capsules, mites, feather fragments, 
scale insects, a larva, and a portion of a thrip; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they 
had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : April 26, 1946. Pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf of 
the defendants, the court imposed a fine of $200 and costs against each of the 
three defendants.