22130. Adultieratlon of euntly. u. S. v. 8-1 Boxe~. et nl,, of Cand.,·. Dt-fnult
dt·cree of 1le.structiou, (F. & D. no. 318-15. Sample nos. 57D02-A,
57DOa-.A. 57!:.HH-A.)
This case involved un interstate shipment of cancly which was found to
contain alcohol.
On ,Jannary 17, 1!)34, the United Stntes attorney for the District of ~Iassaclrnsetts,
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district
court a libel praying seizure au<l condPmnation of 04 boxes of <'andy at
Ho8ton1 l\Iass., alleging that the article llacl hec-n shi1ipcd in interstate commerce
on or nbout December 2:3, 1933, by If. Herbert, from Bronx, N.Y., and
charging adulteration in vlo1ation of the lJ'ood and Drng-g Act.
~rl1e nrticle was labeled, rnrions!y: ":\Iallemoiselle Modiste Confiseur Rue
St. Honore"; ·• l\Ille ~IocUste Confisenr Hue St. Honore Paris "; " ralais Royal
Confiserie l\Iod<:>rne Rue HiYoli Paris."
It ,,;-ns alleged in tlle libel that tlle article w:1s adulterated in violation of
the provision of the act relating to confeetionery in that it contaiuefl spirituous
Jiqnor.
On l\farch 5, 1934, no claimant Ila ving appPared for the property, judgment
of forfeiture was entered and it \YUS ordered by the court that the product be
destroyed by the United 8lates mnrslrnl.