24158. Pinto  beans  and   unpopped  popcorn.    (F.  D.   C  No.   39989.    S.   Nos.
33-331 M, 33-701 M.)
INFORMATION FILED: 4-25-57, Dist. Kans., against Western Grocer, a Division 
of Consolidated Foods Corp., Manhattan, Kans., and "Howard O. Ludden, 
manager.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : Between July 1955 and November 5,1956, while quantities 
of pinto beans and popcorn were being held for sale after shipment in inter- 
state commerce, the defendants caused the articles to be placed in a building 
that was accessible to rodents and insects and to be exposed to contamination 
by rodents and insects, which acts resulted in the articles being adulterated.
CHARGE: 402 (a) (3)—the pinto beans contained rodent urine, rodent hair 
fragments, insect larvae and east skins, and the popcorn contained rodent 
excreta; and 402 (a)  (4)—the articles were held under insanitary conditions.
PLEA :    Guilty.
DISPOSITION: 5-17-57. Fine of $500 plus costs against the corporation. No 
sentence was imposed against the individual.