12417. Adulteration and misbranding of cracker sandwiches.    V. S. v. 18 Boxes
*    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 23157.    Sample No. 65996-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 3,1947, District of Delaware.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 12, 1947, by the Elite Sandwich Com- 
pany, from Penns Grove, N. J.
PRODUCT: 18 boxes, each containing 50 1%-ounce packages, of cracker sand- 
wiches at Wilmington, Del.
LABEL IN PART: "Combination Peanut & Cheese Elite Crisp Cracker Sand- 
wich   Net Wt. 1*4 Ozs."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments and rodent hair fragments; Section 402 (a) (4), the cracker com- 
ponent of the article had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby 
it may have become contaminated with filth.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the label of the article failed to contain 
an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents. (The product was short 
of the declared weight.)
DISPOSITION :   June 23, 1947.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.