18421. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 15 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26074. 
I. S. No. 27738.    S. No. 4340.)
The confectionery involved in the shipment herein described having been 
found to consist of hollow "candies with small metallic prizes made partly of 
lead contained in the cavity, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
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On March 25, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of , 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 15 boxes of candy, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Puck- 
haber Bros. Candy Co., from Charleston. S. C, on or about January 28, 1931, 
and had been transported from the State of South Carolina into the State of 
Florida, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Boxes) "120 Money Boxes Puckhaber Bros. 
Candy Co., Charleston, S. C.;" (display card inside box) "Try Your Luck 
Money Boxes 1 Cent Each.   Open and Examine Before Purchasing."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained a mineral substance, to wit, lead (in the form of metallic prizes), dele- 
terious to health; and for the further reason that it contained an added dele- 
terious ingredient, to wit, lead (in the form of metallic prizes), which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On May 4, 1931, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.