20060. Misbranding of colby cheese and cheddar cheese.   U. S. v. North Loup
Cooperative Cheese Co. and Sunshine C. Hawkes.   Pleas of nolo con- 
tendere.   Company fined $150 and costs; individual defendant fined $45.
(F. D. C. No. 33852. Sample Nos. 16633-L, 16634-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED : December 30,1952, District of Nebraska, against the North 
Loup Cooperative Cheese Co., a corporation, North Loup, Nebr., and Sunshine 
C. Hawkes, treasurer and manager. 
ALLEGED VIOLATION : On or about June 27, 1952, the defendants gave to a firm 
engaged in the business of shipping cheese in interstate commerce a guaranty 
to the effect that all products shipped by the defendant to the holder of the 
guaranty would be neither adulterated nor misbranded within the meaning 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
On or about July 2 and 9,1952, the defendants shipped quantities of cheese 
to the holder of the guaranty, at Omaha, Nebr., which were misbranded.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the products failed to 
conform to the definitions and standards of identity for colby cheese and 
Cheddar cheese since the milk used in the manufacture of the products had 
not been pasteurized and the products had not been cured at a temperature 
of not less than 35° F. for a period of not less than 60 days, as required by the 
definitions and standards.
DISPOSITION: March 30, 1953. The defendants having entered pleas of nolo 
contendere, the court fined the corporation $150 and costs and the individual 
defendant $45.
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