16167. Adulteration of Cheddar cheese.   U. S. v. Hygrade Food Products Corp.
and Gale A. Gisel. Pleas of nolo contendere. Corporation fined $350, 
plus costs; individual defendant fined $10. (F. D. C. 28205. Sample 
No. 56982-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : May 16, 1950, Northern District of Iowa, against the Hy- 
grade Food Products Corp., Manchester, Iowa, and Gale A. Gisel, manager of 
the Manchester plant.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 3, 1949, from the State of Iowa into 
the State of New Jersey.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, fragments of 
cockroaches, flies and other insects, mites, feather fragments, manure, rust, 
soil, plant material, mold, metal, and wood particles; and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : June 7, 1950. Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered, the 
court fined the corporation $350, plus costs, and the individual defendant $10.