8C0G. Adulteration of candy. U. S. * * * v. 350 Pounds of Chocolate?
Candy. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 12G09.     I. S. No. G59-r.     S. No. E-2078.)
On April 20, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the Uniteil States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 350 pounds of chocolate candy, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Waterbury. Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped on or?
about September 9, 1919, by the H. J. Rigby Co., New York, N. Y., and trans??
ported from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging?
adulteration, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled
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in part, '? Queen Anne Chocolates Qnality Good Pure Candy Net Weight 1-Lb.?
The H. J. Rigby Company, New York City."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy decomposed animal and vegetable substance,?
to wit, worm excreta.
On June 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was .entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.