28224. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 48 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40513.    Sample No. 53391-C.)
This product was infested with insects.
On October 19, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 48 boxes of candy 
at Birmingham, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about June 24, 1937, from New Orleans, La., by Pelican State 
Candy Co., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Pelican Brand Candies * * * Manufac- 
tured by Pelican State Candy Co.   New Orleans, La."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 26, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.