10979. Adulteration of cheese.    U. S. v. 21 Cartons    *    *    *     (and 3 other seizure
actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 19251 to 19253, incl., 19739.    Sample Nos. 3684-H to 
3686-H, incl., 5069-H, 5070-H, 8093-H, 8094-H, 65004-H, 65215-H.)
LIBELS FILED : February 26 and 27 and May 1, 1946, Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, District of New Jersey, and District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of December 18, 1945, and 
April 1,1946, by the Hygrade Food Products Corp., from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 21 cartons, each containing 96 2-ounce packages, of grated cheese, 
75 cartons,.each containing 12 2-pound loaves, of Cheese Food, and 300 car- 
tons, each containing 6 5-pound loaves, of Lunch Loaf at Philadelphia, Pa.; 
4 eartons, each containing 72 8-ounce packages, of process cheese and 33 
cartons, each containing 96 2-ounce packages, of grated cheese at Newark, 
N. J.; and 21 8-ounce cartons of process cheese and 8 cartons, each containing 
12 2-ounce packages, and 40 cartons, each containing 12 1%-ounce packages, 
of grated cheese at Baltimore, Md.
LABEL IN PART: "Pasteurized Lunch Loaf Provolone Flavor," "Hygrade's 
Italian Style Grated Cheese,". "Hygrade's Grated American Cheddar 
Cheese," "Hygrade's American Pasteurized Process Cheese," "Hygrade's 
Feast * * * Cheese Food," or "Hygrade's Swiss Pasteurized Process 
Cheese."
NATURE OE CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of rodent 
hair fragments and (portion) insect fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they 
had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: April 1, July 8, and August 14, 1946. No claimant having ap- 
peared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were or- 
dered destroyed.