17105. Adulteration of flour and corn meal.   U. S. v. Central Wholesale Grocers
Co., a partnership, and Tony T. Tumminello.  Pleas of guilty.  Partner- 
ship fined $100; Tony T. Tumminello placed on probation for 5 years. 
(F. D. C. No. 29480.   Sample Nos. 54628-K, 54629-K.) 
INFORMATION FILED:   January 23, 1951, Western District of Louisiana, against
Central Wholesale Grocers  Co.,  a partnership,  Colfax, La.,  and Tony T.
Tumminello, a partner.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : Within the period from on or about February 5, 1950, to 
on or about March 10, 1950, the defendants received at Colfax, La., a number 
of bags of flour and corn meal which had been shipped in interstate commerce 
from the State of Oklahoma. While the products were held for sale after 
shipment in interstate commerce, the defendants, during the period from on or 
about January 28,1950, to on or about April 3,1950, caused a number of bags 
of the products to be placed in a building that was accessible to rodents whereby 
the products were exposed to contamination by rodents.
*See also No. 17105.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in part"of filthy substances by reason of the presence of rodent urine; and, 
Section 402 (a) (4), they had been held under insanitary conditions whereby 
they may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : January 23, 1951. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $100 against the partnership and suspended the imposition 
of sentence against Tony T. Tumminello and placed him on probation for 
5 years.