14696. Adulteration of Miso.   U. S. v. Ill Packages, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 24434.
Sample No. 30829-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    February 5, 1948, Southern District of California.
ALLEN SHIPMENT: On or about December 8, 1947, and January 5, 1948, by 
Fujimoto & Co., from Salt Lake City, Utah.
PRODUCT: Ill 2-pound packages and 19 5-pound packages of Miso at Los 
Angeles, Calif.
LA.BEL, IN PART: "Miso prepared with Rice, Soy Beans and Salt *4o of 1 
percent Benzoate of Soda."
NVTURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
hairs and beetles and beetle fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION :   March 24,1948.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction