20787. Adulteration of chili peppers and cinnamon.   U. S. v. Aviation Coffee Co.
Plea of guilty.   Fine, $500.   (F. D. C. No. 34858.   Sample Nos. 46705-L, 
46706-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED :   August 22, 1953, Western District of Texas, against the 
Aviation Coffee Co., a corporation, San Antonio, Tex.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : Between the approximate dates of June 18, 1952, and 
February 5, 1953, while quantities of chili peppers and cinnamon were being 
held for sale, the defendant caused quantities of the products to be placed in a 
building that was accessible to rodents and caused the products to be exposed 
to contamination by rodents.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence in the chili peppers of 
rodent-gnawed chili pods, rodent excreta, and rodent hairs, and by reason of 
the presence in the cinnamon of rodent excreta, insects, and insect fragments; 
and, Section 402 (a) (4), the articles were held under insanitary conditions 
whereby they may have become contaminated with filth.