United States v. Stella D'Oro Biscuit Co.

LEVET, District Judge.

The above-named corporate defendant, Stella D’Oro Biscuit Co., Inc., was held guilty after a jury trial under an indictment for violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Title 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 331(a), 333(a), 342(a) (3) and 342(a) (4). This defendant had been previously convicted for the same offense on February 5, 1951 in the same court, which conviction became final before any of the current violations of said Act were committed by this defendant as alleged in the indictment and in which conviction resulted.

The procedural background of this case is as…