3474.?Adulteration of candy.   U. S. v. 39 Boxes   *   *   *   of Candy.   Default decree of con?
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. & D. No. 5692.   I. S. Nos. 21518-h, 21519-h,?
21520-h.   S. No. E-31.)
On or about April 22, 1914, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of?
39 boxes, each containing about 40 pounds of candy, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped?
on or about April 14, 1914, and transported from the State of New Jersey into the State?
of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
Eleven boxes were labeled No. 1, 13 were labeled No. 2, and 15 were labeled No. 3.?
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BUREAU   OF   CHBMISTEY.	
[September, 1914.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it had been?
mixed with other substances so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality?
and strength, and consisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance due to contamination?
with smoke and of products resulting from combustion.
On May 11, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 26, 1914.